Dean Widders

Dean Widders

Personal information
Full name	Dean Richard Widders
Born	(1979-10-25) 25 October 1979 (age 45) Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	101 kg (15 st 13 lb)[1]
Position	Second-row, Lock, Five-eighth
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–01 Sydney Roosters 13 1 0 0 4 2002–06 Parramatta Eels 112 28 0 0 112 2007–08 South Sydney 34 7 0 0 28 2009–11 Castleford Tigers 60 23 0 0 92 Total 219 59 0 0 236 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0 2007 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0 2008 Aboriginal Dreamtime 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2015–17 Redfern All Blacks 2021–23 Parramatta Eels Women 21 5 0 16 24 Total 21 5 0 16 24
Source: [2][3]

Dean Richard Widders (born 25 October 1979) is an Anaiwan Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He works with the National Rugby League as an Indigenous Pathways manager. He is coach of the Parramatta Eels Women team in the 2022 NRLW season.

A skilful forward as a player, Widders has always been passionate about rugby league and the difference it can make in the community particularly for people from remote and rural areas and Indigenous Australians. He has been a great advocate for women playing the game and coached the Indigenous Women's All Stars in their win over the Jillaroos in 2017.^{[citation needed]} He delivers workshops to youth on leadership, decision making and goal setting and is involved in numerous programs in schools.^{[citation needed]} He recently played and coached the Redfern All Blacks to a record equaling 3 grand final wins in a row plus 2 Koori Knockouts in a row from 2015 to 2017.^{[citation needed]} He proudly won three koori knockouts with his hometown Narwan Eels in the 2000s.^{[citation needed]}