Cameron Bell (rugby league)

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Cameron Bell
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
Manukau Magpies
199094 Carlisle
200203 Barrow Raiders 20120860
Total20120860
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
198889 Auckland 1100100
199500 New Zealand Māori 1050550
1996 Counties Manukau 26210581
As of 4 Sep 2022

Cameron Bell is a New Zealand rugby league coach. He is a member of the famous Bell rugby league family that includes George, Ian, Dean (his son) and Cathy and Clayton Friend.

Coaching career

As coach of the Manukau Magpies, in 1985 he won the Hyland Memorial Cup as Auckland Rugby League's coach of the year. In 1988 Bell was appointed Auckland coach, a position he held for two seasons. [1]

Between February 1990 and April 1994 Bell was the coach of Carlisle in England.[ citation needed ]

He returned to New Zealand in 1995, taking up the position of head coach of the New Zealand Māori side, a job he would hold until the 2000 World Cup. [2]

He coached the Counties Manukau Heroes to a grand final victory in the 1996 Lion Red Cup.[ citation needed ]

Bell coached the Ngongotaha Chiefs in the 2001 Bartercard Cup. [3]

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References

  1. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4, p.296.
  2. Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.179
  3. Jessup, Peter (8 March 2001). "Rugby League: Bears' migration adds some bite to clash". The New Zealand Herald . Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2011.