Ryan Carr (rugby league)

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Ryan Carr
Personal information
Born (1988-08-03) 3 August 1988 (age 35)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Position Hooker, Halfback
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
2019 Featherstone Rovers 352101460
2023 St. George Illawarra 1230925
Total472402351
Source: [1]
As of 2 September 2023

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.

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Background

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

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

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]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Representative Players". Engadine Dragons J.R.L.F.C.
  3. ↑ "Endeavour Sports High v Keebra Park State High". 18th Man.
  4. ↑ "Arrive Alive Cup Final Match Report". LeagueUnlimited.
  5. ↑ "2005 – U17 Origin". 18th Man.
  6. ↑ "Canterbury v Cronulla". 18th Man.
  7. ↑ "Under 20ss Toyota Cup". Ourfootyteam.
  8. ↑ "Recruit Aims For Top". Ourfootyteam.
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  10. ↑ "Who is Ryan Carr? The former Rabbitoh who is now coach of the Dragons". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 May 2023.
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  12. ↑ "Bulldogs V Mounties – VB NSW Cup Rd 17". NSWRL. 7 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Cutters Line Up: Round 1". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 4 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Rabbitohs Appoint Ryan Carr As NYC Coach, Pat Richards And Ben Lowe As Assistant Coaches". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 27 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Carr Driven by Legends". NSWRL. 14 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "How Carr Will Drive Mounties' 2018 Season". NSWRL. 5 December 2017.
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  19. ↑ "Will Featherstone pip Toronto Wolfpack to the Super League?". The Guardian. 3 October 2019.
  20. ↑ "Canterbury Cup Team List – Round One". Parramatta Eels. 10 March 2020.
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