Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 5th January, 1965
- Current Age
- 58 years and 328 days
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Aaron Raper
- Father
- John Raper
- Uncle
- Ron Raper
- Maurie Raper
- Gerard Raper
- Peter Raper
Biography
Son of St George legend John Raper played for Cronulla, St George (lower grades) and Wests during his career, as well as with Oldham in England in 1986-87. Stuart Raper later captain-coached Eden to premiership honours in 1992 before returning to Cronulla in 1994 and coaching the Sharks’ President's Cup team to grand final victory. Raper made it two premierships in three years after Cronulla’s win in the reserve grade grand final in 1996. After starting with the club at the beginning of 1997’s Super League season, he went to England to pursue his coaching career. After several seasons with Castleford, 2002 saw him at the helm of glamour club Wigan. Raper returned to Australia at the end of 2003 and took over as Sharks coach following the sacking of Chris Anderson. Raper’s time at the club was certainly a roller-coaster ride – the Sharks showed good early form in 2004 before fading; qualified for the finals in 2005 and then lost a club record ten straight games at the end of 2006. Raper was replaced by another sacked coach, the Roosters’ Ricky Stuart, for the 2007 season.
- 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 % | |||||||||
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Super League | 162 | 98 | 56 | 8 | 60.49% | List | ||||||||
Premiership Trophy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||||||
Challenge Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||||||
NRL | 73 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 42.47% | List | ||||||||
NRL Finals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||||||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Cronulla | NRL 2004 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 41.67% | List | |||||||
Cronulla | NRL 2005 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 48.00% | List | |||||||
Cronulla | NRL 2006 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |||||||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Cronulla | 2004-06 | 73 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 42.47% | List | |||||||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Castleford | 1997 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 41.18% | List | |||||||
Castleford | 1998 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 43.48% | List | |||||||
Castleford | 1999 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 64.71% | List | |||||||
Castleford | 2000 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 58.62% | List | |||||||
Wigan | 2001 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 72.73% | List | |||||||
Wigan | 2002 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 67.74% | List | |||||||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Castleford | 1997-00 | 103 | 56 | 41 | 6 | 54.37% | List | |||||||
Wigan | 2001-02 | 64 | 45 | 17 | 2 | 70.31% | List | |||||||
Overall | 1997-2002 | 167 | 101 | 58 | 8 | 60.48% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Bill Bates
Sources:
NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88
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