Brian Noble

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 14th February, 1961
Current Age
63 years and 33 days
Place Of Birth
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Awards & Accolades

RLIF Coach Of The Year
2004

Biography

Bradford Northern hooker, a veteran of over 400 games for the Bulls, made his Test debut against Australia in the Third Test on the 1982 Kangaroo Tour. Noble was chosen as vice-captain of the 1984 Lion's tour but was promoted to captain after original choice, Trevor Skerrett, withdrew. Noble's squad did not win a Test in Australia or NZ and nor could he set the Sharks alight during his brief stay in 1985. Noble succeeded Canberra coach Matthew Elliot as Bradford coach in 2000, capturing the English Super League premiership the following year. Noble coached Great Britain in the 2003 Ashes series and in three successive Tri Nations competitions (2004-06).
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   Games W L D Win %  
Super League 236 142 88 6 60.17% List
World Club Challenge 3 3 0 0 100.00% List
Tri-Nations 13 5 8 0 38.46% List
Challenge Cup 17 11 6 0 64.71% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Great Britain 2004-06 14 6 8 0 42.86% List


Club Career

English Career - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Bradford 2001 30 24 5 1 80.00% List
Bradford 2002 31 25 6 0 80.65% List
Bradford 2004 1 1 0 0 100.00% List
Bradford 2005 7 7 0 0 100.00% List
Bradford 2006 12 9 2 1 75.00% List
Wigan 2006 19 11 8 0 57.89% List
Wigan 2007 34 20 13 1 58.82% List
Wigan 2008 33 17 13 3 51.52% List
Wigan 2009 34 20 14 0 58.82% List
Crusaders 2010 30 13 17 0 43.33% List
Salford 2013 16 4 12 0 25.00% List
Salford 2014 9 5 4 0 55.56% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Bradford 2001-02, 2004-06 81 66 13 2 81.48% List
Wigan 2006-09 120 68 48 4 56.67% List
Crusaders 2010 30 13 17 0 43.33% List
Salford 2013-14 25 9 16 0 36.00% List
Overall2001-2014 256 156 94 6 60.94% List

Your Say

  • Neil Roebuck
    10/10/2023

    What a superb bloke,nobby was.he was a hard working player ,who shirked nothing. But most of all I remember Brian ,taking time out ,to talk ,to the colts, telling them, to work hard,on the weights,training, etc, to improve there game.you could see then ,nobby was destined, to be a successful coach.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates

Sources: Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1981-82, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1983-84, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1985-86, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1982-83, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1986-87, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1984-85, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1993-94, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1994-95, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96