Stanley Tepend Explained

Stanley Tepend
Birth Date:15 May 1973
Birth Place:Papua New Guinea
Yearastart:2001
Yearaend:2001
Appearancesa:3
Triesa:1
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:4
Coachteam1:PNG Hunters
Coachyear1start:2023
Coachyear1end:2023
Coachgames1:20
Coachwins1:9
Coachdraws1:1
Coachlosses1:10
Coachteama:PNG PM's XIII
Coachyearastart:2015
Coachgamesa:1
Coachwinsa:0
Coachdrawsa:0
Coachlossesa:1
Coachteamb:PNG PM's XIII
Coachyearbstart:2017
Coachgamesb:1
Coachwinsb:0
Coachdrawsb:0
Coachlossesb:1
Coachteamc:PNG PM's XIII
Coachyearcstart:2022
Coachgamesc:1
Coachwinsc:0
Coachdrawsc:0
Coachlossesc:1
Coachyeardstart:2022
Coachgamesd:5
Coachwinsd:3
Coachdrawsd:0
Coachlossesd:2
New:yes
Source:[1] [2]
Updated:25 Aug 2023

Stanley Tepend (born 15 May 1973) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league coach who was the former head coach[3] of the PNG Hunters in the Hostplus Cup and formerly the national coach of the Papua New Guinea Kumuls.[4]

Playing career

Tepend played for the Enga Mioks in the PNG SP Inter-city cup national competition.

The Enga Mioks won the 2000 Digicel cup with Tepend starting at hooker in the win.

Coaching career

Some of Tepend's earliest coaching roles were as an assistant for the PNG national side at the 2017 World Cup and a six time premiership winner as the foundation head coach of the Lae Snax Tigers in the PNG NRL Competition. He is currently the coach of the PNG Hunters in the Queensland Hostplus Cup.[5]

In 2022 Tepend was appointed head coach of the 13-aside Papua New Guinea national rugby league team[6] after Michael Marum left to pursue a career in politics.[7] He is PNG's 13th National Coach and 5th former PNG Kumuls player after John Wagambie, Stanley Gene, Adrian Lam and Michael Marum to become coach of the Kumuls.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Stanley-Tepend/summary.html Stanley Tepend
  2. https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/stanley-tepend/summary.html Rugby League Project coaches
  3. https://www.looppng.com/sport/tepend-steps-down-hunters-coach-123141
  4. Web site: Hunters confirm Head Coach and training squad for 2023 - SP PNG Hunters . 25 November 2022 .
  5. Web site: Hunters appoint Stanley Tepend as assistant coach. November 2, 2021. Queensland Rugby League.
  6. Web site: Tepend appointed as Kumuls coach. May 12, 2022. Post Courier.
  7. Web site: PNG: From national rugby league coach to MP?. April 1, 2022. ABC Radio Australia.