Robert Finch (rugby league)
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}}
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|name = Robert Finch
|fullname = Robert Finch
|caption = Robert Finch 1977
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|07|08|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
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|retired = yes
|position = {{rlp|CE}}
|club1 = St George Dragons
|year1start = 1974
|year1end = 80
|appearances1 = 118
|tries1 = 26
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 78
|teamA = NSW Country
|yearAstart = 1981
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|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 0
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Robert Finch (born 8 July 1956) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995. {{ISBN|1875169571}}
Playing career
A dual premiership winner with the St George Dragons, Finch played seven seasons with the Dragons between 1974 and 1980, including the 1977 and 1979 premiership victories. He started out as an Australian schoolboy representative on the 1972-73 tour of England and was from Maitland, New South Wales. He also won the Under-23 Grand Final with St George Dragons in his debut season. He played most of his first grade career under the astute coaching of Harry Bath.
After his NSWRFL grade career was over, he moved to Newcastle in 1981 and represented Country Firsts that year.
Coaching and officialdom
Post-playing Finch moved into coaching with Newcastle Knights in the lower grades and an administrative career with Super League and Canberra Raiders. In later years, he became the referees coordinator with the NRL.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players , 1995 edition {{ISBN|1875169571}}).Big League Magazine. 1979 Grand Final Edition. "Player Profile" 19–25 September 1979. VOL.60 No. 31
Finch is the father of the former NRL and representative player, Brett Finch.
References
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{{St. George Dragons squad 1977 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{St. George Dragons squad 1979 NSWRFL premiership}}
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Category:Australian rugby league administrators
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Country New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:Rugby league players from Maitland, New South Wales