Phil Veivers

Phil Veivers

Personal information
Full name	Philip James Veivers
Born	(1964-05-25) 25 May 1964 Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Souths (Brisbane) 1984–96 St Helens 332+49 98 0 5 397 1996–98 Huddersfield 40+13 8 1 1 35 Total 434 106 1 6 432 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997 Scotland 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1998 Huddersfield Giants 0 0 0 0 2001 Huddersfield Giants 0 0 0 0 2002 Swinton 2011–13 Salford City Reds 50 17 1 32 34 2014–16 Workington Town Total 50 17 1 32 34
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Phil Veivers (born 25 May 1964) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer. He played for the Southern Suburbs, St. Helens and Huddersfield as a fullback. He is the brother of Australian international rugby league captain Greg Veivers.

Background

Veivers was born in Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia. His father, Jack, played rugby league for Souths and Queensland; his cousin, Mick Veivers, represented the Australia in the 1960s, and his cousin Tom Veivers played Test cricket for Australia.

Career

He moved to St. Helens the same time fellow Australian and Souths teammate Mal Meninga did, but where Meninga returned to his homeland Veivers stayed in England after marrying and having children, only returning to Australia for holidays and visiting his family. He was assistant to Brian Noble who was in charge of Bradford Bulls through their trophy days and continued partnership with Noble at Wigan.

In 1997, he represented Scotland in a match against France.

Veivers had a spell as caretaker manager at Salford when Shaun McRae was ill and was promoted from assistant coach to head coach in November 2011. He was sacked as head coach at Salford after four games in the 2013 Super League season.

After losing his job at Salford, Veivers served as assistant coach to the Exiles in the international origin series before finally landing a job at Workington Town in the Championship

County Cup Final appearances

Phil Veivers played fullback (replaced by substitute Roy Haggerty) in St. Helens 28–16 victory over Wigan in the 1984 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1984–85 season at Central Park, Wigan on Sunday 28 October 1984, played stand-off, and scored 2-tries in the 24–14 victory over Rochdale Hornets in the 1991 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1991–92 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Sunday 20 October 1991, and played fullback (replaced by substitute Gus O'Donnell) in the 4–5 defeat by Wigan in the 1992 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1992–93 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 18 October 1992.

John Player Special Trophy Final appearances

Phil Veivers played fullback in St. Helens' 15–14 victory over Leeds in the 1987–88 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1987–88 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 9 January 1988.

External links

• Saints Heritage Society profile