Jon Sharp

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Jon Sharp

Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Sharp[1]
Born	(1967-03-08) 8 March 1967 (age 57) Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Position	Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1985–95 Hull F.C. 31 0 1 195
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2000–01 Batley Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 2005–08 Huddersfield Giants 84 35 2 47 42 2015–17 Featherstone Rovers 70 42 0 28 60 Total 154 77 2 75 50
Source: [2][3]

Jon Sharp (born 8 March 1967) was the head coach of Featherstone Rovers from 2015 to 2017. Between 2004 and 2008 he was head coach of the Huddersfield Giants,^[4] having been appointed in 2003 when Tony Smith left the club for the Leeds Rhinos. He was also part of the Great Britain coaching set-up under head coach Brian Noble. As a player, he played for Hull FC, and he has also worked as a member of the backroom staff there.

Playing career

Hull

Jon Sharp played

Jon Sharp's Testimonial match at Hull F.C. took place in 1994.

Coaching career

2004-2005

In 2004, Sharp's début season as coach of Huddersfield the club finished 7th in Super League and made an appearance in the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup for the first time since 1971. The team lost to St. Helens. In 2005 the club signed Michael De Vere from Brisbane Broncoes, the highest profile Australian signing since the 1950s. The team finished in 8th place.

2006

In 2006, Sharp led Huddersfield to their first Challenge Cup final in over 40 years, including a 30-12 win over Leeds in the semi-finals held at Odsal. Huddersfield lost in the final 42-12 against favourites St Helens.

2007

After a nightmare start to 2007's

2008

The opening 2 matches in 2008 were lost, to

In 2009, Sharp joined his former club Hull F.C. as 'football operations manager', working alongside head coach Richard Agar. However, the partnership didn't work out as Hull slipped to a disappointing 12th-place finish, and Sharp left the club at the end of the year.

2010

In October 2009, Sharp was appointed as first team coach for Crusaders Rugby League, where he will link up with former Great Britain colleague Brian Noble (Head coach) and assistant coach Iestyn Harris.

2011

In February 2011, it was confirmed that Sharp had joined the Rugby Football League on a consultancy basis as a technical adviser. As a Technical Adviser he will offer a coach's perspective of playing trends to match officials, as well as serving on the Rugby Football League disciplinary panel.

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