Jim Dymock

{{Short description|Australia & Tonga international rugby league footballer and coach}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Jim Dymock

|fullname = James Dymock

|image = Jim Dymock Bulldogs.jpg

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|position = {{rlp|LK|FE}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|4|4|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

|retired = yes

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|weight = {{convert|93|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|club1 = Western Suburbs

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|points2 = 48

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|year3end = 00

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|goals3 = 0

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|year4start = 2001

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|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Jim_Dymock.html Rugby League Project][http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/jim-dymock/summary.html Rugby League Project Coaches][http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Jim-Dymock_11205.aspx Yesterday's Hero] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816233034/http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Jim-Dymock_11205.aspx |date=16 August 2012 }}

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Jim Dymock (born 4 April 1972) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the assistant coach of the Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

A Tonga and Australia international, and New South Wales State of Origin representative {{rlp|fe}} or {{rlp|lk}}, he played club football for Sydney's Western Suburbs Magpies, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels, finishing his career in the Super League for the London Broncos.

He then embarked on a coaching career, becoming head coach of the Tongan national team. He spent the latter part of the 2011 NRL season as head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and has been an assistant coach at the Sydney Roosters, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL.[https://www.titans.com.au/news/2019/09/20/jim-dymock-joins-titans-as-senior-assistant-coach/ Jim Dymock Joins Titans As Senior Assistant Coach]

Background

Dymock was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 4 April 1972. He is of Tongan descent.{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/101973/dymock-bust |title=Dymock bust-up |work=South China Morning Post|date=4 January 1995 |access-date=28 May 2023}}

He began playing rugby league as an Eastern Suburbs junior with Woolloomooloo Warriors and then Paddington Colts. He then switched to the South Sydney juniors competition. He played for Zetland Magpies alongside players such as Jim Serdaris and Terry Hill who went on to make First Grade also.

Playing career

=Club career=

==Early career==

He represented South Sydney in their S.G. Ball and Jersey Flegg teams.

==Western Suburbs Magpies==

Dymock began his first-grade club career in the 1991 NSWRL season at the Western Suburbs Magpies, opposing Wally Lewis and scoring two tries in his debut. He played 31 times for the club, but was "glad to go" after troubles with his manager while at Wests.{{cite journal| first = Daniel| last = Ramus| title = Legend Q&A| journal = Rugby League Week| issue = 1 July 2009|pages = 30–31| publisher = PBLMedia| location = Sydney, NSW}}

==Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs==

In 1993, Dymock joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

During the 1995 season, Dymock, along with Dean Pay, Jason Smith and Jarrod McCracken reneged on their Australian Super League contracts, giving 'unfair inducement' as their reason which was later supported in the courts. Although Dymock chose to sign with the Australian Rugby League (ARL) competition, he remained with the Canterbury club for the 1995 season and contributed to the club's grand final win over Manly. Dymock won the Clive Churchill Medal for man-of-the-match.

==Parrmatta Eels==

Dymock joined the ARL-aligned Parramatta for the start of the 1996 season.

Dymock was selected to represent New South Wales as an interchange for all three games of the 1996 State of Origin series.

He played for the Eels during the rest of the Super League war and the unification of the Super League and ARL into the current National Rugby League competition.

File:Jim Dymock.jpg

In 1997, he was selected at five-eighth for games I and II of the 1997 State of Origin series, scoring a try in game II, and he was chosen to play at lock in game III of the 1998 State of Origin series.

He played 112 games for Parramatta between 1996 and 2000, leaving the Eels and Australia at the end of 2000 season

==London Broncos==

He joined English Super League club London Broncos in time for the 2001 season.

He enjoyed 4 seasons at the Broncos. He ended his playing career at the end of the 2004 season after playing 95 games for London.

=International career=

==Tonga==

Dymock represented Tonga at the 1994 Pacific Cup and in 1995.{{cite book

| last =John Coffey, Bernie Wood

| title = 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008

| publisher =Huia Publishers

| year = 2008

| pages = 282

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC

| isbn =978-1-86969-331-2

}}

==Australia==

Dymock also played six times between 1995 and 1996 for Australia.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/league-dymock-running-tongas-rise/FYZQIN544EAC7FHC3PPVHQ45YQ/ |title=League: Dymock running Tonga's rise |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 October 2008 |access-date=28 May 2023}} He was part of the successful Australian squad that won the 1995 Rugby League World Cup in England.

Coaching career

Dymock assisted head coach Ricky Stuart at the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

He later returned to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Dymock was also the head coach of the Tongan national rugby league team that played in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

On 14 July 2011, Jim Dymock was announced as the Canterbury club's new head coach, after Kevin Moore stood down from the position.{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_3935853,00.html|title=Tug-of-war over Mason|publisher=Sky Sports|date=2008-08-05|access-date=2008-08-06}} However, on 14 November 2011, Dymock was replaced by Des Hasler.{{cite news| url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/des-hasler-never-contemplated-a-clean-out-at-the-bulldogs/story-e6frg7mf-1226193987021| first=Margie| last=McDonald| title=Des Hasler never contemplated a clean-out at the Bulldogs| date=14 November 2011| work=The Australian}}

{{Succession box

| before = Kevin Moore
2009-2011

| after = Des Hasler
2012-2017

| title = Coach
{{leagueicon|canterbury|size=18}}
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

| years = 2011

}}

References

Sources

{{cite book| last1=Whiticker|first1=Alan|last2=Hudson|first2=Glen|title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players|year=2007|publisher=Gary Allen Pty Ltd|location=Wetherill Park, New South Wales|isbn=978-1-877082-93-1|page=609}}

External links

[http://thebulldogs.com.au/sportal.php?page=player&id=584 Canterbury Bulldogs profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406144708/http://www.thebulldogs.com.au/sportal.php?page=player&id=584 |date=6 April 2018 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20010707005609/http://www.londonbroncos.co.uk/theteam/teamfiles/jimdymock.shtml London Broncos profile]

Category:1972 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

Category:Australia national rugby league team players

Category:Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent

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Category:Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coaches

Category:Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players

Category:Clive Churchill Medal winners

Category:London Broncos players

Category:New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players