Stanley Tepend (born 15 May 1973) is a Papua New Guinean professional

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 ...

coach who is the head coach of the

PNG Hunters The Papua New Guinea Hunters (PNG Hunters) are a professional rugby league football club based in Papua New Guinea. They were formed in December 2013 and currently compete in the Queensland Rugby League, currently called the Hostplus Cup, a sec ...

in the Hostplus Cup and national coach of the

Papua New Guinea Kumuls The Papua New Guinea national rugby league team represents Papua New Guinea in the sport of rugby league football. In Papua New Guinea, Rugby League is a highly popular sport and is regarded as the country's national sport. The national side ar ...

Playing career

Tepend played for the

Enga Mioks Enga Mioks (established 1992) is a semi-professional rugby league team based in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. The team competes in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League competition. They play at Johnson Siki Aipus Oval, Wabag located at ...

in the PNG SP Inter-city cup national competition. The

won the 2000 Digicel cup with Tepend starting at hooker in the win.

Coaching career

Some of Tepend's earliest coaching roles were as an assistant for the PNG national side at the 2017 World Cup and a six time premiership winner as the foundation head coach of the

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in the PNG NRL Competition. He is currently an assistant coach with the

in the Queensland Hostplus Cup. In 2022 Tepend was appointed head coach of the 13-aside

Papua New Guinea national rugby league team The Papua New Guinea national rugby league team represents Papua New Guinea in the sport of rugby league football. In Papua New Guinea, Rugby League is a highly popular sport and is regarded as the country's national sport. The national side ar ...

after

Michael Marum Michael Marum (born 8 October 1973) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league coach and former player who was the first head coach of the Port Moresby-based PNG Hunters in the Queensland Cup and the Papua New Guinea national team. During his playing c ...

left to pursue a career in politics. He is PNG's 13th National Coach and 5th former PNG Kumuls player after John Wagambie,

Stanley Gene Stanley Gene (born 11 May 1974) is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league Kumul (#166) player and professional Assistant Coach (Defence) of the Hull Kingston Rovers. He previously coached Gateshead Thunder and the academy team at Hull Kingst ...

Adrian Lam Adrian Lam (born 25 August 1970) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Super League Club Leigh Leopards (was Leigh Centurions), and a former rugby league footballer. He played for the Sydney Rooste ...

and

to become coach of the Kumuls.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tepend, Stanley 1973 births Living people Papua New Guinea national rugby league team coaches Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players Papua New Guinean rugby league coaches Papua New Guinean rugby league players Place of birth missing (living people)