Stanley Gene

Stanley Gene

Gene playing for PNG in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1974-05-11) 11 May 1974 (age 50) Goroka, Papua New Guinea
Playing information
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Position	Utility
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1993–94 Goroka Lahanis 10 21 84 1995 Lae Bombers 15 16 64 1996–00 Hull Kingston Rovers 111 94 0 0 376 2000–01 Hull FC 28 6 0 0 24 2001–05 Huddersfield Giants 76 27 0 0 108 2006–07 Bradford Bulls 22 7 0 0 28 2007–09 Hull Kingston Rovers 55 10 0 0 40 2010 Halifax 11 3 0 0 12 Total 328 184 0 0 736 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1995–08 Papua New Guinea 16 6 0 1 25 2008 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 1 2 0 0 4
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2014–15 Newcastle Thunder Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2010 PNG PM's XIII 1 0 0 1 0 2010 Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 0
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Stanley Gene (born 11 May 1974) is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league Kumul (№ 166) player and Assistant Coach of the Hull F.C..^[2] He previously coached Gateshead Thunder and assistant coach at Hull Kingston Rovers^[3] and served as the Papua New Guinea Kumuls head coach in 2010. Having moved to England following an impressive showing for PNG in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, Gene enjoyed a long career in the British game with spells at Hull Kingston Rovers, Huddersfield Giants, Bradford Bulls, Hull FC and Halifax.

Gene was a versatile player with the ability to cover virtually any position on the pitch, though he spent most of his test career playing at stand off (off-half). He was a regular for the PNG Kumuls for 14 years between 1994 and 2008, and captained the side on at least three occasions, including being the PNG captain during the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, before retiring from international rugby league following the 2008 tournament. Gene is considered a hero in his home country and almost universally regarded as a rugby league legend.