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[update] 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.[citation needed]
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).[citation needed]
In 2019 he coached the Italian National Rugby League team to successful qualification for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[citation needed]
In 2025 he was appointed to the board of the Wests Tigers.[6]
