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'''Christopher
As a coach, Anderson took Australia to victory in the [[2000 Rugby League World Cup|2000 World Cup]] victory and coached both Canterbury-Bankstown and [[Melbourne Storm]] to premiership wins. He is also a member of the Halifax Hall of Fame.{{cn|date=May 2023}} His nickname was "Opes".<ref>{{cite news |author=[[Roy Masters (rugby league)|Roy Masters]] |agency= |title=Anderson jumped before he was pushed as Roosters sought quick fix |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/anderson-jumped-before-he-was-pushed-as-roosters-sought-quick-fix-20070711-gdql7y.html |quote= |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=2007-07-11 |access-date=2023-05-08 }}</ref>
==Playing career==
Anderson was a {{rlp|wg}} who was recruited by [[Peter Bullfrog Moore|Peter Moore]] from [[Forbes, New South Wales]], where he attended [[Red Bend Catholic College]]. As a flankman for the Canterbury side, Anderson gave the club a vital tryscoring power which had been quite absent from Belmore throughout the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="summary">[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/teams/canterbury-bankstown-bulldogs/seasons.html Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season summary]</ref> [[1974 NSWRFL season|In 1974]], when Canterbury-Bankstown reached the Grand Final, Anderson broke [[Morrie Murphy]]'s 1947 record of sixteen tries for the club.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
He also played in England for Widnes. Anderson played left wing in [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]]' 2–3 defeat by [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] in the [[1974–75 League Cup (rugby league)|1974–75 Player's No.6 Trophy]] Final during the [[1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season|1974–75 season]] at [[Wilderspool Stadium]], [[Warrington]] on Saturday 25 January 1975. Also during the [[1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season]] he was flown to England to play on the wing for [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] in their 14–7 victory over [[Warrington Wolves|Warrington]] in the [[1975 Challenge Cup]] Final at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 10 May 1975.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Anderson|url=http://www.rugby.widnes.tv/search.php?q=Anderson&Submit=Search|website=rugby.widnes.tv|publisher=[[Widnes Vikings]]|access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref>
Anderson surpassed [[Eddie Burns]]' club record for Canterbury-Bankstown of 65 tries in 1978.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
Anderson represented [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] in eight tests, including the [[1975 Rugby League World Cup|1975 World Cup]] and two [[Kangaroo Tour]]s in [[1978 Kangaroo tour|1978]] and 1982. He also represented [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] in the experimental [[1980 State of Origin game]]. In the third Origin encounter of 1983 (his last representative match), Anderson became the first ever player to score a hat-trick of tries in a [[State of Origin series|State of Origin]] match, although the Blues lost 22–43. That season Anderson scored nineteen tries for the Bulldogs, a club record until [[Nigel Vagana]] scored twenty-three [[2002 NRL season|in 2002]].<ref name="summary"/>
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==Coaching career==
Anderson is one of the few people to play and coach competition winning sides in both [[Rugby league in Australia|Australia]] and [[Rugby league in England|England]]. He is also one of the few people to coach two different clubs to [[National Rugby League|NRL]]/[[New South Wales Rugby League|NSWRL]] Premiership success. Anderson returned to Australia after playing/coaching in the British 1987–88 season and was appointed coach of the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]] Under 21s team for the 1989 season.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
Anderson was quickly appointed as Canterbury's first grade coach for [[New South Wales Rugby League season 1990|1990]] and enjoyed eight fruitful seasons at Canterbury, including the [[Australian Rugby League season 1995|1995]] Premiership triumph over the [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]].
The formation of the [[Melbourne Storm]] saw Anderson become their
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|access-date = 7 October 2009}}</ref> On the [[2001 Kangaroo Tour]], when coaching [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]], Anderson, was taken to a [[Wigan]] hospital after complaining of chest pains during the first half of the deciding third test match against [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] at the [[JJB Stadium]]. He had suffered a non-fatal [[myocardial infarction]] but made a full recovery.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
Anderson was appointed coach of the [[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]] for two
In July 2004, Anderson was appointed coach of the [[Dragons (rugby union)|Newport Gwent Dragons]] – a Welsh [[rugby union]] team for a 2 year deal despite having never previously coached a rugby union team.<ref>{{cite news |author= |agency= |title=Anderson's code switch |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/rugby-union/andersons-code-switch-20040730-gdycw5.html |quote= |newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=2004-07-30 |access-date=2023-05-08 }}</ref> Despite finishing fourth in the [[Pro14|Celtic League]] that season, his one-year contract was not renewed.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
Anderson accepted a two-year contract with the [[Sydney Roosters]] as their first grade coach for the 2007 and 2008 NRL seasons. However, Anderson stepped down from the job late into the 2007 season, after
Anderson currently coaches the Mullumbimby Giants 1st Grade side on the NSW Far North Coast in the [[Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League|NRRRL (Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League)]] competition.
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