| Steve McNamara | ||||||
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| Personal information | ||||||
| Nickname | Macca | |||||
| Born | September 18, 1971 | |||||
| Hull, England | ||||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1989–96 | Hull F.C. | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 1996–00 | Bradford Bulls | 110 | 14 | 349 | 7 | 761 |
| 2000 | Wakefield | 17 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 72 |
| 2001–03 | Huddersfield Giants | 50 | 3 | 133 | 1 | 279 |
| Total | ||||||
| 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 Bulls Academy | |||||
| 2006– | Bradford Bulls | 104 | ||||
| Total | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2007 | Great Britain (assistant) | 4 | ||||
| 2008–Present | England (assistant) | 2 | ||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Steve McNamara is the coach of Bradford Bulls rugby league team who play in Super League, and is also the Great Britain assistant coach.
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International honours
Steve McNamara won caps for England while at Hull in 1995 against Wales (sub), and France, while at Bradford Bulls 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 Bulls in 1997 against Australia (SL) (2 matches) (sub).[1]
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. McNamara was released from the Bulls in 2000 and joined Wakefield 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 Bulls Coach following the departure of Brian Noble. Bradford Bulls fans are becoming increasingly frustrated with his teams lacklustre performances since taking over the reigns in 2006 and a rapidly growing number are now demanding a change of head coach.
Coaching career
He Coached the Bulls Senior Academy to Grand Final success in his first year as a Coach at the club.
On the 20th of April 2006 Steve was promoted to Head coach of the Bradford Bulls[2] following Brian Noble's departure to the Wigan Warriors. At the time he was the youngest coach in Britain.
In his first season in charge, he guided the Bulls to the Super League playoffs before the club were knocked out of the grand final eliminator by Hull FC
McNamara was appointed Great Britain assistant coach on 30 April 2007.
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.
- ^ "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.
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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