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| Born | 2006 or 2007 Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Phillip Coates is a Papua New Guinean-born rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Coates was educated at Marymount College after moving to Australia as a young child. He is a younger brother of Melbourne Storm winger Xavier Coates and played his junior rugby league for the Currumbin Eagles.
An outside back, Coates is a product of the Broncos Academy. He represented the 2025 Queensland under-19s State of Origin side and also won a premiership that year with the Burleigh Bears in the Mal Meninga Cup.
Coates debuted in first-grade for the Broncos against the Warriors during Magic Round in 2026. A contract-extension signed early in the season secured his services until the end of the 2027 season.
A former Junior Kumuls player, Coates has expressed a desire to represent the PNG national team.