Leo Epifania

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]

Leo Epifania

Personal information
Full name	Leo Epifania
Born	(1963-10-23) 23 October 1963 (age 61)
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1984–86 Western Suburbs 23 2 12 0 32 1988 Illawarra Steelers 1 0 1 0 2 Total 24 2 13 0 34
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2001–02 York Wasps Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2016–17 Italy 2 0 1 1 0 2018– Italy 9 5 0 4 56
Source: [1][2] As of 11 December 2022

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 Sth Africa (Italy 18 - Sth 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.

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (1995 edition) ISBN 1875169571
4. "Coach Leo draws the positive from loss". The York Press. 4 December 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
5. "Western Suburbs". Wests Magpies. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.