Former NZ & Samoa international rugby league footballer
Willie Poching
Personal information
Full name
William Mila Poching[1]
Born
(1973-08-30) 30 August 1973 (age 50) Auckland, New Zealand
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)
Weight
16 st 3 lb (103 kg)
Playing information
Position
Second-row
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
Marist Saints
Mount Albert Lions
1993
Northcote Tigers
1995
Auckland Warriors
2
1
0
0
4
1996
North Qld Cowboys
16
0
2
0
4
1997
Hunter Mariners
13
3
1
0
14
1998
St. George Dragons
4
1
0
0
4
1998
Hunslet Hawks
2
0
0
0
0
1999–01
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
74
21
1
0
86
2002–06
Leeds Rhinos
149
51
0
0
204
Total
260
77
4
0
316
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1992–93
Auckland
4
1994–00
Samoa
6
0
2
0
4
2005
New Zealand
1
0
0
0
0
Coaching information
Club
Years
Team
Gms
W
D
L
W%
2021–22
Wakefield Trinity
36
17
0
19
47
Representative
Years
Team
Gms
W
D
L
W%
2009
Samoa
1
0
0
1
0
Source: [2][3]
As of 13 September 2022
Willie Poching is a New Zealand professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the former head-coach of Wakefield Trinity in the Super League. When he was appointed head coach of Wakefield, he became the first Samoan head coach of a first grade rugby league club.[4] A former New Zealand, and Samoa international representative forward, he spent his career playing for clubs in New Zealand, Australia and finally England, winning the Super League championship with Leeds Rhinos in 2004.[2]
^POCHING, WILLIAM MILA 2005 - KIWI #724 nzleague.co.nz
^ ab"Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^"Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^Ewart, Richard (27 October 2021). "Willie Poching first Samoan head coach of first grade rugby league club". ABC Radio Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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