Michael Monaghan
Personal information
Born (1980-05-13) 13 May 1980 (age 43)
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Playing information
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb) [1]
PositionHooker, Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001–03 Canberra Raiders 31 7 0 1 29
2004–07 Manly Sea Eagles 95 17 2 7 79
2008–14 Warrington Wolves 167 17 0 2 70
Total 293 41 2 10 178
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2017 Catalans Dragons 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3][4]

Michael Monaghan (born 13 May 1980) is the current pathways and specialist coach for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League[5] and an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Canberra Raiders and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League, and for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League.[2][3][6]

Background

He is the brother of former Australia international Joel Monaghan.[7]

Playing career

Canberra Raiders

Monaghan played with the Canberra Raiders from 2001 to 2003. He made his first grade debut in round 16 of the 2001 NRL season against Cronulla at Bruce Stadium. Monaghan's last appearance for the club was Canberra's 17-16 elimination finals loss against the New Zealand Warriors during the 2003 NRL finals series.[7]

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Monaghan joined Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2004 as halfback, but changed to hooker at the start of the 2006 season due to the purchase of halfback Matt Orford from Melbourne Storm.[6]

He played in the 2007 NRL grand final defeat against the Melbourne Storm. This title was later stripped due to the Melbourne Storm salary cap breach.[8]

Warrington Wolves

Monaghan playing for Warrington in 2008

The 27-year-old joined Manly teammate Chris Hicks in moving to Warrington Wolves for 2008's Super League XIII.[9]

In March 2009 rumours emerged linking him with his former club Canberra and playing alongside brother Joel Monaghan again.[7]

Monaghan played for Warrington in the 2009 and 2010 Challenge Cup Final victories over Huddersfield and Leeds respectively, winning the Lance Todd Trophy for his Man-of-Match performance in 2009.[10]

Monaghan played in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final victory over Leeds at Wembley Stadium.[10][11]

Monaghan played in the 2012 Challenge Cup Final victory over Leeds at Wembley Stadium.[12][13][14][15] Monaghan played in the 2012 Super League Grand Final against Leeds at Old Trafford.[16][13] Monaghan played in the 2013 Super League Grand Final defeat against Wigan at Old Trafford.[17][18][19][20][21] In May 2014, Monaghan announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.[22]

Coaching career

Catalans Dragons

He then joined the Catalans Dragons as assistant coach for the 2015 season[23] and took temporary charge in 2017 with fellow assistant Jerome Guisset following the French club's decision to part company with head coach Laurent Frayssinous.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

In 2018 Monaghan re-joined former club Manly as Pathways / Specialist coach.[5]

Sporting positions Preceded byLaurent Frayssinous2013-2017 Coach(caretaker)Catalans Dragons 2017 Succeeded bySteve McNamara2017-present

Honours

Warrington Wolves

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Statistics at superleague.co.uk". superleague.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Monaghan: 'Philosophy filtered throughout the grades". Sea Eagles. 13 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b Profile at Warrington Wolves site Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ a b c David Jean (12 March 2009). "Canberra pursuing homesick halfback". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Factfile on 2007 grand final". The Daily Telegraph. 29 September 2008.
  9. ^ "Warrington sign Manly wing Hicks". BBC. 21 June 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
  10. ^ a b Scott, Ged (28 August 2010). "Leeds 6-30 Warrington". BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  11. ^ Wilson, Andy (28 August 2010). "Chris Hicks hat-trick leads Warrington to Challenge Cup triumph over Leeds". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Warrington's battered Brett Hodgson recovers to see off Leeds in final". Guardian UK. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Leeds' Kevin Sinfield stars in Grand Final triumph against Warrington". Guardian. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Leeds Rhinos 18–35 Warrington Wolves". BBC Sport. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Warrington Wolves Are Challenge Cup Winners 2012!". Warrington Wolves Official Site. 25 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Grand Final: Warrington 18-26 Leeds". BBC Sport. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Super League Grand Final". Super League. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  18. ^ Newsum, Matt (5 October 2013). "Super League Grand Final: Wigan Warriors beat Warrington". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Super League Grand Final: Warrington v Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Warrington Wolves 16 Wigan Warriors 30". Daily Telegraph. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Wigan see off Warrington in X-rated Grand Final to complete double". Guardian. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  22. ^ "Michael Monaghan: Warrington hooker announces retirement". BBC Sport. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  23. ^ "Monaghan takes reins at Catalan (sic) Dragons". sbs. 24 May 2017.

External links

Gold Coast Titans – current NRL squad
Warrington Wolves squad - 2009 Challenge Cup final winners (6th title)
Warrington Wolves squad - 2010 Challenge Cup Final winners (7th title)
Warrington Wolves squad - 2012 Challenge Cup final winners
Lance Todd Trophy winners
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