Gerard Stokes
[5] He was a Schoolboy Kiwi in 1971 before later representing New Zealand in four non-Test matches on the 1982 tour of Australia and playing for Workington Town in 1982–83.[10] In 1996, he was appointed head coach of the Canterbury Rugby League representative side, facing irregular provincial competition.[12] Instead he was appointed Assistant Coach and a co-selector, working under Freeman, and in 2003 he was in charge of the New Zealand 'A' tour of Great Britain.[16] Instead, at the end of the New Zealand 'A' tour, he was offered the opportunity to stay in England and coach his old club, Workington Town.[19] This move quickly proved beneficial to his club side as Whitehaven signed young Serbian national Soni Radovanović in January 2009.