the beach is seen in the movie as he plays the role of a roving sports reporter, previewing the event while holding a 4GG microphone. Brough has said it was Michael Edgley, whose production company Hoyts Edgley produced The Coolangatta Gold, who suggested and encouraged a move from radio to television. Rugby League Brough is also a rugby league coach and is currently the head coach of the Kawana Dolphins, a team that plays in the Sunshine Coast-Gympie rugby league competition, as part of the larger Central Division of Queensland Rugby League. Brough began coaching on the Sunshine Coast after earning a reputation as a skilled coach after establishing Mountain Creek State High School's "Rugby League School of Excellence" and coaching junior sides. In 2005, after Brough ran a one-off pre-season session with the Kawana Dolphins' senior team, the club asked him to consider coaching the team permanently. Brough accepted the job and began coaching the Dolphins A-grade side. In 2013, he faced some criticism for not seeming to have a positive attitude towards his team despite the team's above-average performance during the season. In 2016, Brough's Kawana Dolphins narrowly missed out on claiming victory over the Maroochydore Swans in the grand final, losing the game 18-14. Brough said Maroochydore played some fast footy which put Kawana on the back foot, and unable to catch up. Brough has always had an interest in rugby league. In a 1994 interview, Brough said he had always wanted to go to Sydney to play rugby league as he had always wanted to play for the St. George Dragons. However, Brough did play some grade football in Brisbane, with Easts. Brough claims he got his love of rugby league from his grandfather who took him to the Brisbane grand final between Redcliffe (captained by Arthur Beetson) and Norths in 1965. Personal life Brough and his brother Mal grew up at Slacks Creek in a little fibro house.(Fibro is a colloquial Australian term for fibre cement) Their father grew vegetables which he sold to support the family, but due to being crippled by poliomyelitis, he had to slide around his vegetable garden on his backside while tending to it. Rob Brough's son Sam died on his third birthday in 1989, after suffering from health issues. Brough has two other children Jess and Tyson. In 2014, Brough attempted a 1,200 kilometre charity bike ride from Sydney