Cameron Bell (rugby league)
{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league coach}}
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Cameron Bell is a New Zealand rugby league coach. He is a member of the famous Bell rugby league family that includes George, Ian, Dean (his son) and Cathy and Clayton Friend.
Coaching career
As coach of the Manukau Magpies, in 1985 he won the Hyland Memorial Cup as Auckland Rugby League's coach of the year. In 1988 Bell was appointed Auckland coach, a position he held for two seasons.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}, p.296.
Between February 1990 and April 1994 Bell was the coach of Carlisle in England.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He returned to New Zealand in 1995, taking up the position of head coach of the New Zealand Māori side, a job he would hold until the 2000 World Cup.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.179
He coached the Counties Manukau Heroes to a grand final victory in the 1996 Lion Red Cup.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
Bell coached the Ngongotaha Chiefs in the 2001 Bartercard Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/article.cfm?c_id=79&objectid=176060 |title=Rugby League: Bears' migration adds some bite to clash |author=Jessup, Peter |date=8 March 2001 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=22 September 2011 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023202921/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/article.cfm?c_id=79&objectid=176060 |url-status=live }}
References
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{{Aotearoa Māori squad 2000 Rugby League World Cup}}
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