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John Cartwright (born 9 August 1965) is a former Australian professional rugby league player and current assistant coach for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL).. He was the former head coach for the Gold Coast Titans. A "strong running and skilful passing"〔 Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative second-row forward, Cartwright played his club football with the Penrith Panthers, winning the 1991 premiership with them. ==Playing career== Cartwright played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424 )〕 He began with Penrith in 1985 and was a regular first-grade player by 1987. In 1988, under the guidance of Ron Willey, Penrith developed a heavyweight, aggressive forward pack of which Cartwright and second row partner Mark Geyer were the cornerstones. Both were much larger than most 1980s second-rowers and could not only hit-up very hard but offload extremely difficult passes to support players like Greg Alexander, Chris Mortimer and later Brad Fittler, creating major problems for Penrith's opponents. By 1989 the pair were creating large numbers of tries for the Panthers. Cartwright had a sudden rise through representative ranks in 1989. Initially not chosen for either Sydney team, he took his place in the firsts team after a spate of injuries. He was the named on the bench for New South Wales for the first State of Origin match. Unfortunately, a late injury to Ian Roberts forced him to play in the front row, to which he was ill-suited, and he was dropped after one match. At the end of the year, he was sent off against Balmain and suspended for four matches. Penrith were thrashed 33-6 and could not win either of their two finals without Cartwright. On returning from suspension, Cartwright found form very quickly and at the end of the 1990 NSWRL season, he went on the 1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France but was dropped after one Test. Injury affected Cartwright in 1991, and he was used as a reserve in two of the three Tests against New Zealand. Following the 1991 grand final victory he travelled with the Panthers to England for the 1991 World Club Challenge which was lost to Wigan. Despite the troubles partner Geyer was having off the field and his eventual departure from Penrith, Cartwright had his finest season of all in 1992. During the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he helped Australia retain The Ashes. He played in all three games for New South Wales (scoring a rare try in the third) and took over the Penrith captaincy when Greg Alexander was injured. He was praised at the end of a turbulent year for holding the Panthers together on and off the field. However, 1993 was almost wiped out by a shoulder injury and a number of lesser injuries in the following two years prevented Cartwright from breaking back into representative rugby league. At the end of 1996 he left Penrith to play in England. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Cartwright (rugby league)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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