Steve McNamara
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| Nickname | Macca | |||||
| Born | 18 September 1971 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1989–96 | Hull | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 1996–00 | Bradford | 110 | 14 | 349 | 7 | 761 |
| 2000 | Wakefield Trinity | 17 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 72 |
| 2001–03 | Huddersfield | 50 | 3 | 133 | 1 | 279 |
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| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1992–99 | Great Britain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2004–06 | Bradford Academy | |||||
| 2006–2010 | Bradford | 104 | ||||
| Total | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2007 | Great Britain (asst) | 4 | ||||
| 2008–2009 | England (asst) | 2 | ||||
| 2010– | England | 1 | ||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Steve McNamara is an English professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is currently coach of the England national team.
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[edit] International honours
Steve McNamara won caps for England while at Hull in 1995 against Wales (sub), and France, while at Bradford in 1996 against France, in 1999 against France (2 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while at Hull in 1992 against France (sub), in 1993 against France (sub), and while at Bradford in 1997 against Australia (SL) (2 matches) (sub).[1] He was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.
[edit] Playing career
A former Great Britain international, Steve joined Hull from local amateur side Skirlaugh at the age of 17 and spent seven years with the Airlie Birds, before moving to Bradford in 1996, where he was the main goal kicker and kicked over 319 goals.
In the 1997 post season, McNamara was selected to play for Great Britain from the interchange bench in all three matches of the Super League Test series against Australia.
McNamara was released from the Bulls in 2000 and joined Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Huddersfield before joining the coaching staff at Odsal at the end of the 2003 season. Since joining the coaching staff at Bradford, he has been named as Bradford coach following the departure of Brian Noble. Bradford fans became increasingly frustrated with his team's lacklustre performances since taking over the reins in 2006 and following defeat by Harlequins RL (the 8th defeat in a row, the Bulls worst run in Super League history) his Bradford career came to an inglorious end as his contract was mutually terminated on 13 July 2010.
[edit] Financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity
In 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated during September 2000. The players affected were; Andy Fisher, Bobbie Goulding, Warren Jowitt, Tony Kemp (player-coach), Steve McNamara, Francis Maloney, Martin Masella, Steve Prescott, Bright Sodje, Francis Stephenson and Glen Tomlinson.[2]
[edit] Coaching career
He coached the Bradford Senior Academy to Grand Final success in his first year as a coach at the club.
On 20 April 2006 Steve was promoted to head coach of Bradford[3] following Brian Noble's departure to Wigan. At the time he was the youngest coach in Britain.
In his first season in charge, he guided Bradford to the Super League playoffs before the club were knocked out of the grand final eliminator by Hull
McNamara was appointed Great Britain assistant coach on 30 April 2007.
His coaching career while at Bradford contains several unwanted records, such as being the first Bradford coach in Super League to fail to guide his team to the end of season play-offs and being in charge for the worst losing streak the club has seen in 20 years.
His time as Bradford head coach came to an end on 13 July 2010 as the Bradford board ended his contract by mutual consent and allowed him to become full time England coach.
As of April 2010 he is part time England coach until the end of the 2010 Super League season. Then he will become full time England coach. He recently won his first game as England coach against France 60-6. This game was played at the Leigh Sporting Village on Saturday 12 June 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ "International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 2008-12-31. http://www.englandrl.co.uk/international_stats.php?GBSearch=McNamara&EnSearch=McNamara&submit_x=7&submit_y=3&submit.x=7&submit.y=8. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ "Goodway calls for aid package". BBC. 2001-04-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/1295270.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ^ "PMcNamara is Bulls new head coach". Bradford Bulls. 2006-04-20. http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news/2256/McNAMARA%20IS%20NEW%20BULLS%20COACH. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
[edit] External links
- International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- England battle to French wins
- 2001 Super League Team-by-team guide
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- 1971 births
- Bradford Bulls coaches
- Bradford Bulls players
- England national rugby league team coaches
- England national rugby league team players
- English rugby league coaches
- English rugby league players
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Hull FC players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kingston upon Hull
- Rugby league locks
- Rugby league props
- Wakefield Trinity Wildcats players
