Peter Coyne (born 28 October 1964) is an Australian former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.

Playing career

Coyne started his career at the Brisbane Valleys club and later at the English Halifax, before joining his brother Mark Coyne at

St. George Dragons The St. George Dragons is an Australian rugby league football club from St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 until the ...

in 1991. Coyne was a five-eighth, and played in the 1992 Grand Final for

. After two great years at the Dragons, he returned to England to play for

Castleford Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the ...

( Heritage № 701).Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ()

References

1964 births Living people Australian rugby league players Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Castleford Tigers players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league players from Brisbane St. George Dragons players {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1960s-stub