Michael Dobson

Michael Dobson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, later a coach, who played mainly as a halfback or five-eighth. Born on 29 May 1986 in Junee, New South Wales, he played his junior football for the Junee Diesels and was signed by the Canberra Raiders. His career moved between Australia and England, with spells at the Catalans Dragons, the Wigan Warriors and Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League, at the Canberra Raiders and the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League, and later at the Salford Red Devils. In 2009, playing for Hull Kingston Rovers, he won the Albert Goldthorpe Medal, the second player to do so, and he played for the Exiles against England in 2013. After retiring from playing he became head coach of the Newcastle Knights in the New South Wales Cup.