Jim Dymock (born 4 April 1972) is a professional rugby league coach who is the assistant coach of the Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.
He then embarked on a coaching career, becoming head coach of the Tongan national team. He spent the latter part of the 2011 NRL season as head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and has been an assistant coach at the Sydney Roosters, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL.[4]
Background
Dymock was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 4 April 1972. He is of Tongan descent.[5]
He represented South Sydney in their S.G. Ball and Jersey Flegg teams.
Western Suburbs Magpies
Dymock began his first-grade club career in the 1991 NSWRL season at the Western Suburbs Magpies, opposing Wally Lewis and scoring two tries in his debut. He played 31 times for the club, but was "glad to go" after troubles with his manager while at Wests.[6]
During the 1995 season, Dymock, along with Dean Pay, Jason Smith and Jarrod McCracken reneged on their Australian Super League contracts, giving 'unfair inducement' as their reason which was later supported in the courts. Although Dymock chose to sign with the Australian Rugby League (ARL) competition, he remained with the Canterbury club for the 1995 season and contributed to the club's grand final win over Manly. Dymock won the Clive Churchill Medal for man-of-the-match.
Parrmatta Eels
Dymock joined the ARL-aligned Parramatta for the start of the 1996 season.
He played for the Eels during the rest of the Super League war and the unification of the Super League and ARL into the current National Rugby League competition.
Dymock as part of the coaching staff at a Bulldogs training session in 2009
Dymock also played six times between 1995 and 1996 for Australia.[8] He was part of the successful Australian squad that won the 1995 Rugby League World Cup in England.
On 14 July 2011, Jim Dymock was announced as the Canterbury club's new head coach, after Kevin Moore stood down from the position.[9] However, on 14 November 2011, Dymock was replaced by Des Hasler.[10]
