Ryan Carr (rugby league)
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| Born | 3 August 1988 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Hooker, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Carr (born 3 August 1988) is an Australian rugby league football coach who was the interim head coach for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and former coach of the Featherstone Rovers.
Background
[edit]Carr was born in Sydney and played his junior rugby league for the Engadine Dragons.[2] He attended Endeavour Sports High School before being signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. In 2006, he won the NRL Schoolboy Cup championship with Endeavour.[3][4]
Playing career
[edit]In 2005, Carr represented the New South Wales under-17 team.[5] In 2006 and 2007, Carr played for the Sharks in the Jersey Flegg Cup.[6][7]
In 2008, Carr signed with the North Queensland Cowboys for the inaugural season of the Toyota Cup. He played 24 games for the club and captained the side.[8] In 2009 and 2010, Carr played for the Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Cup, before joining the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup in 2011.[9]
In 2012, Carr signed with the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[10] After one season at South Sydney, Carr played two seasons with Mounties and the Illawarra Cutters in the NSW Cup before retiring.[11][12][13]
Coaching career
[edit]In 2017, after assistant roles with the Rabbitohs and Sharks, Carr was appointed as head coach of the Rabbitohs Under-20s team.[14]
In 2018, Carr was appointed as head coach of Mounties, who were a Canberra Raiders feeder club at the time. In his first season, Carr guided Mounties to the top 8, being knocked out in week two by Newtown.[15][16]
In 2019, Carr was hired to coach the Featherstone Rovers in the Championship in England. Carr had a successful season with Featherstone, guiding them 5th place and making the semi finals. Featherstone won three straight semi finals in a row, guiding them to a final promotion play-off with the Toronto Wolfpack, ultimately losing.[17][18][19]
In 2020, Carr returned to Australia, joining the Parramatta Eels as their NSW Cup head coach.[20] Halfway through the 2022 season, after the departure of David Kidwell to the Argentina rugby union team, Carr was elevated to assistant NRL coach under Brad Arthur.[21]
On 11 September 2022, Carr joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons as an assistant to head coach Anthony Griffin.[22] On 16 May 2023, Carr was named as interim coach of the Dragons, following the departure Griffin.[23] In Round 12 of the 2023 NRL season, he won his first game in charge of the club, a 24–22 victory of the Sydney Roosters.[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ryan Carr".
- ^ "Representative Players". Engadine Dragons J.R.L.F.C.
- ^ "Endeavour Sports High v Keebra Park State High". 18th Man.
- ^ "Arrive Alive Cup Final Match Report". LeagueUnlimited.
- ^ "2005 – U17 Origin". 18th Man.
- ^ "Canterbury v Cronulla". 18th Man.
- ^ "Under 20ss Toyota Cup". Ourfootyteam.
- ^ "Recruit Aims For Top". Ourfootyteam.
- ^ "Carr grabs chance to impress". The Courier Mail. 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Who is Ryan Carr? The former Rabbitoh who is now coach of the Dragons". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 May 2023.
- ^ "VB NSW Cup Teams - 2013 Round 11". LeagueUnlimited. 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Bulldogs V Mounties – VB NSW Cup Rd 17". NSWRL. 7 July 2014.
- ^ "Cutters Line Up: Round 1". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 4 March 2014.
- ^ "Rabbitohs Appoint Ryan Carr As NYC Coach, Pat Richards And Ben Lowe As Assistant Coaches". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Carr Driven by Legends". NSWRL. 14 March 2018.
- ^ "How Carr Will Drive Mounties' 2018 Season". NSWRL. 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Carr brings back Lomax in his first big Dragons call". Yahoo! Sports. 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Ryan Carr insists Featherstone performance against York in no one-off". Love Rugby League. 18 May 2019.
- ^ "Will Featherstone pip Toronto Wolfpack to the Super League?". The Guardian. 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Canterbury Cup Team List – Round One". Parramatta Eels. 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Parramatta Eels Coaching Announcement". Parramatta Eels. 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Dragons' 2023 coaching personnel confirmed". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Inside Dragons' sacking circus and the brutal message interim coach delivered to players". www.foxsports.com.au.
- ^ "Feagai the match-winner as Dragons pull off last-ditch win over Roosters". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 19 May 2023.
