Leo Epifania
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| Full name | Leo Epifania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leo 'Ledge' Epifania (born 23 October 1963) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Italy and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s as a fullback or winger in the NSWRL Premiership for the Western Suburbs Magpies and Illawarra Steelers.[3][1]
He played, he later coached the York Wasps in the Northern Ford Premiership.,[4] and As of 2015 he is the general manager of the Western Suburbs Magpies in the New South Wales Cup.[5]
He was assistant coach of the Italian National Rugby League team during the 2016 world Cup Qualifiers in Europe against Serbia, Wales and Russia.
In 2017 he coached the Italian National Rugby League team against Malta for a draw and then was in charge of the Italian team which played in 2018 against South Africa (Italy 18–South Africa 8) and Niue (Italy 36–32).
In 2019 he coached the Italian National Rugby League team to successful qualification for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.
In 2025 he was appointed to the board of the Wests Tigers.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (1995 edition) ISBN 1875169571
- ^ "Coach Leo draws the positive from loss". The York Press. 4 December 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Western Suburbs". Wests Magpies. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ v8tiger (28 June 2025). "Leo Epifania Appointed to Wests Tigers Board". Wests Tigers Life. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
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