Tim Sheens
Tim Sheens
Tim Sheensis an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. Head coach of the Australian national team since 2009, he has also been the head coach of National Rugby Leagueclubs, the Penrith Panthers, Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys and Wests Tigers. As a player, Sheens was a prop forward with Sydney's Penrith club in the 1970s and 80s before he retired and became their coach. He then coached the Raiders, taking them to victory in the 1989, 1990...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 October 1950
game last preparing seriously sort year yes
Was last year a fluke? This sort of a game can go a long way to say, well yes it was or no it wasn't so we're preparing seriously for it.
assured coach several talked
I've talked to the coach and he's assured me of several things.
clubs gave interest interested permission talk three
We had indications he had interest from the three clubs, they were the three clubs he was interested in so we gave him permission to talk to them.
care melbourne
I don't know what Melbourne are going to do and I don't care what Melbourne are going to do in that regard. I'm concentrating on what we're going to do.
until
But there's a long way to go until September.
boy lucky training
I don't even want to think about that now. I've had 22 training - some very lucky boy is going to get a run.
field kept players problem
We kept 13 players on the field so I don't have a problem with it.
days early goes grant hear interested pleased reports start
It's early days but I was pleased to hear the reports about Grant and will be interested to see how he goes when they start playing.
matter sort squad
We've sort of got used to him being in the squad no matter what.
celebrate
We're going to celebrate this long and hard.
ball control discipline last looking start talking terms
We're looking for a much better start than we've had the last two weeks. I'm talking about ball control and our discipline in terms of not conceding penalties.
consider ryan sort sorted trial until
We're not going to put Ryan into any sort of trial or consider him until he's sorted out his future.
behind case far half miss sure worst
We're not sure on how far behind he is. He could miss half the season. That's the worst case scenario.
cent determination hundred per
There was no determination it was actually fractured, we weren't a hundred per cent sure.