Jim Dymock

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Jim Dymock
Personal information
Full name Jim Dymock
Date of birth 4 April 1972 (1972-04-04) (age 36)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 179 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Youth clubs
Years Club
Zetland
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1991–1992
1993–1995
1996–2000
2001–2004		 Western Suburbs Magpies
Bulldogs
Parramatta Eels
London Broncos		 31 (32)
71 (48)
102 (45)
97 (??)
Representative teams
1995–1996
1996–1998		 Australia
New South Wales		 6 (4)
6 (4)
Representative teams coached
Tonga

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Jim Dymock (born 4 April 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league international of Tongan heritage who played for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Canterbury Bulldogs, Parramatta Eels and London Broncos. His preferred playing positions was either lock or five-eighth.

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[edit] Playing career

Dymock began his first-grade club career in 1991 at Western Suburbs, playing 31 times for the club. He joined Canterbury Bulldogs in 1993. During the 1995 season, Dymock, along with Dean Pay, Jason Smith and Jarrod McCracken reneged on their Australian Super League contracts, giving 'unfair inducement' as their reason which was later supported in the courts. Although Dymock chose to sign with the Australian Rugby League (ARL) competition, he remained with the Bulldogs for the 1995 season and contributed to the club's grand final win over Manly. Dymock won the Clive Churchill Medal for man-of-the-match.

Dymock joined the ARL-aligned Parramatta for the start of the 1996 season. He played for the Eels during the rest of the Super League war and the unification of the Super League and ARL into the current National Rugby League competition. He played 112 games for Parramatta between 1996-2000.

Dymock left the Eels and Australia at the end of 2000 season, he joined English Super League club London Broncos in time for the 2001 season. He enjoyed 4 seasons at the Broncos. He ended his playing career at the end of the 2004 season after playing 97 games for London.

[edit] Representative career

Dymock was selected to represent New South Wales as an interchange for all three games of the 1996 State of Origin series. In 1997, he was selected at five-eighth for games I and II of the 1997 series, scoring a try in game II and he was chosen to play at lock in game III of the 1998 State of Origin.

Dymock also played six times between 1995-1996 for Australia. He was part of the successful Australian squad that won the 1995 Rugby League World Cup in England.

[edit] Post-playing career

Dymock is now an assistant coach with the Canterbury Bulldogs first grade squad and is also the head coach of the Tongan national rugby league team that has qualified for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[citation needed] He assisted Ricky Stuart at the Cronulla Sharks prior to his return to the Bulldogs.

[edit] References

  • Nathan Klein, sports journalist, Canterbury-Bankstown Express

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