David Maiden (born 7 August 1971) is a former

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international

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footballer and coach played in the 1990s and 2000s. A or , he played for the

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Gateshead Thunder Gateshead Thunder may refer to: *Gateshead Thunder (1999) Gateshead Thunder was a professional rugby league club founded in 1999 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which competed in the 1999 Super League but then merged with Hull Sharks af ...

and

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Playing career

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junior, Maiden represented the

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side in 1994, playing in their game against the New South Wales Residents and their tour of South Africa. In 1995, Maiden joined the newly-established

. In Round 2 of the

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, he made his first grade debut in a 16–34 loss to the

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, filling in at centre for the suspended

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. Maiden played just two games for the Cowboys before leaving at the end of the season. From 1996 to 1998, Maiden played for the

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in the

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. In 1999, Maiden moved to England, joining the

in the

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. He played 24 games for Gateshead that season, scoring eight tries. In October 1999, he represented

in the Triangular Series. In 2000, Maiden joined

after the club merged with Gateshead. Later that year, he represented Scotland at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, scoring a try against New Zealand Māori. In July 2001, he again represented Scotland in a 42–20 win over

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, scoring a try. At the end of the 2001 season, Maiden left Hull after playing 49 games for the club.

Statistics

ARL

Super League

International

Coaching career

In 2008, Maiden became an assistant coach of the Northern Pride for their inaugural season in the

. In 2010, he took over as head coach of the club. In his first season in charge, he led the club to their first premiership after defeating the

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in the Grand Final. He left the club at the end of the 2012 season.

Post-playing career

Since 2015, Maiden has worked as the

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's major competitions manager.

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