Ryan Carr (rugby league)

This article is about the Australian rugby league coach. For the English footballer, see Ryan Carr (footballer).

Ryan Carr
Personal information
Born (1988-08-03) 3 August 1988 (age 36)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
PositionHooker, Halfback
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2019 Featherstone Rovers 35 21 0 14 60
2023 St. George Illawarra 12 3 0 9 25
Total 47 24 0 23 51
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.

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]

References

  1. ^ "Ryan Carr".
  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.
  9. ^ "Carr grabs chance to impress". The Courier Mail. 1 February 2012.
  10. ^ "Who is Ryan Carr? The former Rabbitoh who is now coach of the Dragons". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 May 2023.
  11. ^ "VB NSW Cup Teams - 2013 Round 11". LeagueUnlimited. 25 May 2013.
  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.
  17. ^ "Carr brings back Lomax in his first big Dragons call". Yahoo! Sports. 16 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Ryan Carr insists Featherstone performance against York in no one-off". Love Rugby League. 18 May 2019.
  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.
  21. ^ "Parramatta Eels Coaching Announcement". Parramatta Eels. 14 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Dragons' 2023 coaching personnel confirmed". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 11 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Inside Dragons' sacking circus and the brutal message interim coach delivered to players". www.foxsports.com.au.
  24. ^ "Feagai the match-winner as Dragons pull off last-ditch win over Roosters". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 19 May 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Anthony Griffin
2021–2023
 Coach

St. George Illawarra Dragons
2023 		Succeeded by