Cameron Bell (rugby league)

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Cameron Bell
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
Manukau Magpies
1990–94 Carlisle
2002–03 Barrow Raiders 20 12 0 8 60
Total 20 12 0 8 60
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1988–89 Auckland 1 1 0 0 100
1995–00 New Zealand Māori 10 5 0 5 50
1996 Counties Manukau 26 21 0 5 81
As of 4 Sep 2022

Cameron Bell is a New Zealand rugby league coach. He is a member of the famous Bell rugby league family that includes George, Ian, Dean (his son) and Cathy and Clayton Friend.

Coaching career[edit]

As coach of the Manukau Magpies, in 1985 he won the Hyland Memorial Cup as Auckland Rugby League's coach of the year. In 1988 Bell was appointed Auckland coach, a position he held for two seasons.[1]

Between February 1990 and April 1994 Bell was the coach of Carlisle in England.[citation needed]

He returned to New Zealand in 1995, taking up the position of head coach of the New Zealand Māori side, a job he would hold until the 2000 World Cup.[2]

He coached the Counties Manukau Heroes to a grand final victory in the 1996 Lion Red Cup.[citation needed]

Bell coached the Ngongotaha Chiefs in the 2001 Bartercard Cup.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4, p.296.
  2. ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.179
  3. ^ Jessup, Peter (8 March 2001). "Rugby League: Bears' migration adds some bite to clash". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2011.