David Furner
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Personal information
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| Full name | David Furner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 February 1971 Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
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Playing information
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| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching information
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David Furner (born 6 February 1971 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league football player and current assistant coach for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL). He is the former head coach of the Canberra Raiders of the NRL and he spent his whole Australian playing career with the Raiders as well, leaving the club as the greatest point-scoring forward in NRL history before enjoying a successful career in England.
David Furner is the son of former Canberra Raiders and Australian Kangaroos coach, Don Furner.
Furner attended St. Edmund's College, Canberra. Before embarking on a successful career in rugby league, Furner was a Queanbeyan Whites rugby union junior and a member of the Australian under-17 and under-21 rugby union team.
Furner switched to rugby league in 1991 when he joined the Canberra Raiders. He made his first-grade debut in round 2 of the 1992 season against Manly-Warringah.
Furner was part of the 1994 Canberra Raiders premiership team, winning the Clive Churchill Medal for Man of the Match. Furner's strong performance led to his selection for the 1994 Kangaroo tour squad. Furner's father, Don, chairman of selectors, abstained from voting. He made his test debut for Australia in the opening Ashes series test at Wembley Stadium on 22 October 1994, though Australia were ultimately defeated 6–4 by Great Britain. This would prove to be Furner's only official test appearance.
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