Michael Maguire (rugby league)
Australian former professional RL coach and former rugby league footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Maguire (born 5 February 1974) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player who last coached New Zealand at international level. He played as a fullback, winger and centre in the 1990s.
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Full name | Michael Maguire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1974-02-05) 5 February 1974 (age 50) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After a playing career spent mostly at the Canberra Raiders, with a brief stint with the Adelaide Rams, he became assistant coach of Melbourne Storm under Craig Bellamy and in 2009 became a head coach in the Super League with English club the Wigan Warriors. He was previously the head coach for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL)
In his first year as Wigan Warriors' coach Maguire won the 2010 Super League Grand Final.[3] In his second year he won the 2011 Challenge Cup and was then signed by the Rabbitohs. In his first year as an NRL head coach he took South Sydney deep into the 2012 finals series. In 2013, Souths finished the regular season in second place and in 2014 they won their first premiership in 43 years.