As a player, Sheens was a prop forward with Sydney's Penrith Panthers in the 1970s and 80s before he retired and became their coach.

Born to a well known rugby league family of the Penrith area, Tim Sheens was educated at St Dominic's College in Penrith but spent his last two years of school at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown, where he was the school captain and first-grade rugby league captain in 1968.

By 1982, Sheens had played a club record 258 games in all grades, but was unable to come to terms with the club for another season.

In October 2006, in recognition of his contribution as a player, Sheens was named as one of the Penrith Panthers " Team of Legends ".

Tim Sheens ' brother, Bob, was also a first grade NSWRFL player for Eastern Suburbs.

Although his first ever game as first-grade coach was a 24 – 12 loss to St George, Tim Sheens has a track-record of reforming under-performing teams to premiership victory.

Sheens was awarded the Dally M Coach of the Year in 1984, 1990 and 2005.

In December 2007, Sheens ' contract with the Tigers – due to expire at the end of the 2008 season – was extended to 2010.

In February 2009, Sheens was appointed coach of the Australian national rugby league team following the resignation of Ricky Stuart.

In 2006, he was nominated as the one of front rowers in the 40th Anniversary Penrith Panthers " Team of Legends " but lost out to Terry Geary ( 8 seasons-1969-76 ) and Tim Sheens ( 13 seasons-1970-82 ).

A rumoured falling out with Tigers head coach Tim Sheens saw him drop back into the lower grades where he remained for the rest of the season and was eventually released.

Sheens had a lengthy playing stint with Penrith, playing 166 first grade games from 1970 to 1982 and scoring 11 tries.

They are currently in the process of searching for a new head coach for the 2013 NRL season after the sacking of current head coach Tim Sheens.

After finishing last in 2000 and second last the following year, four losses at the start of the 2002 season saw coach Tim Sheens sacked and replaced by his assistant Murray Hurst.

In 2002, Sheens accepted the coaching position with the Wests Tigers for the 2003 season, replacing Terry Lamb.

On 25 September 2012, after days of speculation about Sheen's future due to a poor recent season, the Tigers announced Sheens would not coach the team in the 2013 season, but offered him other roles at the club.

Sheens won further premierships with Canberra in 1990 and 1994.

At the representative level, Sheens coached the 1991 ARL City Origin team to a 22 – 12 win over Country.

Sheens returned to the NRL representative arena in 2006 when he succeeded Graham Murray as coach for City Origin, a post he retained in 2007 and 2008.

Sheens coached the Kangaroos to their first win in his charge, defeating the Kiwis on 8 May 2009.

* Numerous Rugby League players: Greg Alexander, Ben Alexander ( 1970 – 1992 ), Mark Carroll, John Cartwright, Andrew Ryan, Luke Lewis, Phil Gould, Brad Fittler, Des Hasler, Tim Sheens, Luke Rooney, Ryan Girdler, Craig Gower, Mark Geyer and Michael Jennings.

During the 2006 finals series, he became only the second person ( after Tim Sheens ) to coach 500 premiership games.

Sheens has coached four premiership winning teams, making him second only to Wayne Bennett among current coaches.

Tim Sheens ( born 30 October 1950 ) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player.

The feat of the Wests Tigers winning the 2005 Grand Final against the Cowboys has been largely attributed to Sheens.

On 3 May 2010 Sheens became the first coach in Australian rugby league history to reach 600 games.

In 1997 Sheens coached the NSW super league side to a 23 to 22 win over Queensland in a Tri series competition involving NSW Queensland and New Zealand.

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