Terry Hermansson
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terry Brian Hermansson[1] | |||||
| Nickname | The Rock | |||||
| Born | 11 August 1967 Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 181 cm | |||||
| Weight | 110 kg | |||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1991–92 | Doncaster | |||||
| 1993–94 | South Sydney | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 1995–97 | Sydney City | 66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 1998 | South Sydney | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999–00 | Auckland Warriors | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 150 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1989–?? | Canterbury | |||||
| 1994–99 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | Rest of the World | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | Aotearoa Māori | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: [2] | ||||||
Terry Brian "The Rock" Hermansson is a former New Zealand rugby league player. An international representative prop forward, he played club football in England, Australia and New Zealand.
Playing career
Hermansson was a Schoolboy Kiwi in 1982 and made the Junior Kiwis in 1985.[3]
Nicknamed "The Rock" he spent his early years playing for the Canterbury sides of the 1990s before moving overseas to play professionally, first for Doncaster in England and then for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the then NSWRL Premiership.[2] At the height of the Super League war he moved to the Sydney City Roosters and played alongside fellow Kiwi prop Jason Lowrie. He returned to the Rabbitohs in 1998 before signing for the Adelaide Rams for the 1999 season.[4]
When the Rams were closed down before the season he signed a two-year contract with the Auckland Warriors, returning home to play in front of the New Zealand fans.[5] In 1999 he was Clubman of the Year Award.
Representative career
Hermansson played for the New Zealand Kiwis on four occasions between 1994 and 1999, with the Superleague war blocking him from making more appearances.[6] During the war he played for an Australian Rugby League "Rest of the World" side that took on the Australian Kangaroos.
In 2000 he represented the Aotearoa Māori at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[7] He retired in 2000 after the World Cup.
Later years
On retirement, he returned to his native Christchurch and concentrated on coaching, winning several scholarships to improve his skills.[8][9] He has coached the Canterbury under-18 side and in 2005 he coached the New Zealand under-16 side when they toured Australia.[10][11]
In 2004 Hermansson was the assistant coach of the New Zealand Māori side in the Pacific Cup.[12]
References
- ↑ HERMANSSON, TERRY BRIAN 1994, 1998 - 99 - KIWI #656 nzleague.co.nz
- 1 2 Terry Hermansson Rugby League Project 2005-2008
- ↑ Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
- ↑ Terry Hermannson rugbyleague.co.nz 2000
- ↑ RL: Hermansson signs for Warriors AAP Sports News (Australia) 12-06-1998
- ↑ Terry Hermansson nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ The Teams: NZ Maori BBC 2000
- ↑ Coaching Newsletter Academy of Sport 2005-02-09
- ↑ 2006 Prime Minister's High Performance Coach Scholarship Programme beehive.govt.nz 20 December 2005
- ↑ LION FOUNDATION NJC TEAM LISTS - ROUND 3 Lion Foundation NJC 20 Mar 2004
- ↑ Kiwi U16's start tour with a win NZRL Media-Nadene Conlon 29-09-05
- ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 330. ISBN 9781869693312.