Brian David Noble
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(born 14 February 1961), also known by the
nickname
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of "Nobby", is an English
rugby league
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coach and former rugby league footballer. As a footballer, Noble was a
Great Britain
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representative ,
but is best known for his coaching career, during which he coached the
Bradford Bulls
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, the
Wigan Warriors
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Formed in 1872 as Wigan Football Club, Wigan was a founding member of the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby ...
, the
Crusaders RL
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and the
Salford Red Devils
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in the
Super League
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, and the
Great Britain national team. He was the first coach to win three
Super League Grand Final
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s, and is one of only two coaches to have achieved that feat along with
Brian McDermott. He was formerly the Director of Rugby for the
Toronto Wolfpack
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The club originally competed in the British rugby league system but withdrew in the 2020 Super Leagu ...
, and also works as a pundit for
BBC Sport
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.
Background
Noble was born in
Bradford
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,
West Riding of Yorkshire
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,
England
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.
Playing career
Brian Noble's early rugby league career was as a member of the Police Boys' Clubs before he signed for
Bradford Northern
The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predomi ...
. His début came in the 1978–79 season and was the beginning of almost 15 years and over 400 games with the club, concluding in the centenary season of 1995-96 following a spell at
Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...
(
Heritage No. 1062).
Noble combined his professional career with his job as a policeman,
and captained Great Britain on the Lions' tour of
Australasia
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in 1984. He played in all seven tests on the tour, including the test in Papua New Guinea.
Brian Noble played in
Bradford Northern
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's 5–10 defeat by
Castleford
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in the
1981 Yorkshire Cup
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Final during the
1981–82 season at
Headingley
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,
Leeds
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on Saturday 3 October 1981, played in the 7–18 defeat by
Hull F.C.
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in the
1982 Yorkshire Cup
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Final during the
1981–82 season at
Elland Road
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The g ...
,
Leeds
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on Saturday 2 October 1982, played in the 12–12 draw with
Castleford
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in the
1987 Yorkshire Cup
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Final during the
1987–88 season at
Headingley
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,
Leeds
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on Saturday 17 October 1987, played in the 11–2 victory
Castleford
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in the
1987 Yorkshire Cup
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Final
replay during the
1987–88 season at
Elland Road
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The g ...
,
Leeds
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on Saturday 31 October 1987.
Brian Noble played in
Bradford Northern
The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predomi ...
's 2–12 defeat by
Warrington
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in the
1990–91 Regal Trophy Final during the
1990–91 season at
Headingley
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,
Leeds
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on Saturday 12 January 1991, and played (replaced by
interchange/
substitute Trevor Clark) in the 15–8 defeat by
Wigan
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in the
1992–93 Regal Trophy
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Wigan defeated Bradford Northe ...
Final during the
1992–93 season at
Elland Road
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The g ...
,
Leeds
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on Saturday 23 January 1993.
Coaching career
Bradford
After 6 years serving in the backroom staff at the club following his retirement, he was appointed Bradford head coach in November 2000. After initial confusion regarding chairman Chris Caisley's appointment - the tabloids reported that the new coach was Radio 4 comedian
Ross Noble
Ross Markham Noble (born 5 June 1976) is an English stand-up comedian and actor. Noble rose to mainstream popularity through making appearances on British television, particularly interviews and on panel shows such as '' Have I Got News for You' ...
! - he was a hugely popular choice to succeed departing coach
Matthew Elliott. Noble took
Bradford Bulls
The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predom ...
to the
2001 Super League Grand Final
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in which they defeated
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...
. As
Super League VI
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champions, Bradford played against
2001 NRL Premiers, the
Newcastle Knights
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in the
2002 World Club Challenge
The 2002 World Club Challenge was held on Friday, 1 February 2002, at the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, England. The game was contested by Bradford Bulls and Newcastle Knights.
Background
Bradford Bulls
The 2001 Super League Grand Final ...
. Noble oversaw Bradford's victory. In July 2002, Noble received an honorary doctorate from the
University of Bradford
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for his achievements as a rugby league footballer, and
coach
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. He took Bradford to the
2002 Super League Grand Final
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which was lost to
St. Helens. He was named
Super League coach of the year in 2003 and succeeded
David Waite
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Background
Waite was born in New South Wales, Australia.
Waite holds a British passpo ...
as Great Britain coach following the
2003 Ashes series
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. Noble took Bradford to the Grand Final again in
2004
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but lost out to local rivals Leeds Rhinos 16–8 at Old Trafford. Noble led Bradford to victory in the
2005 Super League Grand Final
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his third Championship in five years with the club. Noble left Bradford midway through the 2006 season to join
Wigan
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, handing control to his assistant
Steve McNamara
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.
While head coach of the Bradford Bulls, Noble guided them to two Minor Premiership titles, victory in three Grand Finals in 2001, 2003 and 2005, victory in the
Challenge Cup
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in 2003 and to three
World Club Championships in 2002, 2004 and 2006. In 2004 he received the
Rugby League International Federation
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's coach of the year award.
Wigan
On 20 April 2006 Noble took up the position of head coach at
Wigan
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, nine days after the sacking of
Ian Millward
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Millward is the former head coach of Wigan, S ...
. Brian took over at the club during a relegation battle which at one point looked as though
Wigan
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would lose, however he has been credited for keeping Wigan in Super League following a number of impressive performance. However, despite having just £60,000 available to spend under the salary cap, Noble bought Stuart Fielden and Michael Dobson from the Bradford Bulls for a world record £450,000. At the end of the season when the club's books were audited by the league's accountants, it was found there was an unauthorised overspend of £222,314, which led to allegations that the club cheated their way out of relegation by deliberately spending money they didn't have due to salary cap restrictions. However the club was eventually only found guilty of "breaching the spirit of the cap", by trying to restructure existing contracts.
On 17 January 2007 it was announced that his contract as head coach of the British national team would not be renewed.
In October 2009, after the defeat by St Helens in the semifinal play-off game, Noble announced he would be leaving to club.
Crusaders RL
On 14 October 2009 Noble was confirmed as the new head coach of the
Welsh
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side
Crusaders
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.
Jon Sharp
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was first-team coach, and
Iestyn Harris
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was an assistant. In the 2010 season Noble managed to gain 13 wins, which was a vast improvement on the season before, and took them into the playoffs for the first time.
In November 2010, Noble confirmed his departure from Crusaders Rugby League after only one season in charge. His last match as Head Coach was an 18–12 loss away to
Huddersfield
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in an Elimination Play-off tie.
Salford
On 13 April 2013 Noble was appointed head coach of
Salford
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on an 18-month contract, but on 4 April 2014,
Marwan Koukash announced that Noble would become the
director of football
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at Salford, while Noble's former assistant
Iestyn Harris
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would become the new head coach. He departed the club soon after.
Other positions
Following his departure from Salford, Noble worked in a part-time consultancy basis with
London Broncos
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The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...
and
Gloucestershire All Golds
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University of Gloucestershire All Golds consists of six different teams, with the first team entering Kingstone Press C ...
, while regularly appearing as a pundit and occasionally as a
co-commentator on
BBC Sport
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's rugby league coverage.
Honours
Noble was appointed
Member of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(MBE) in the
2017 Birthday Honours
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for services to rugby league and charity.
As a player
*
Yorkshire
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County Cup
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:
1987
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As a coach
Team
*
Super League
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(3):
2001
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,
2003
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,
2005
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*
World Club Challenge
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(3):
2002
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,
2004
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Events January
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,
2006
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*
League Leader's Shield
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(2):
2001
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,
2003
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*
Challenge Cup
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(1):
2003
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Individual
*
Super League Coach of the Year:
2003
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*
RLIF International Coach of the Year:
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
*
Bradford Bulls Team of the Century (coach)
*
Bradford Bulls Bull Masters
References
External links
*
Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)Toronto Wolfpack profileBrian Noble Wigan Coaching Career Page*(archived by web.archive.org
Bull Masters - Brian Noble* (archived by web.archive.org
Team Of The Century
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1961 births
Living people
BBC sports presenters and reporters
Bradford Bulls coaches
Bradford Bulls players
British police officers
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
Crusaders Rugby League coaches
English rugby league coaches
English rugby league players
Great Britain national rugby league team captains
Great Britain national rugby league team coaches
Great Britain national rugby league team players
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Rugby league hookers
Rugby league players from Bradford
Salford Red Devils coaches
Toronto Wolfpack coaches
Wakefield Trinity players
Wigan Warriors coaches
Yorkshire rugby league team players