Michael Monaghan
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| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Hooker, Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Monaghan (born 13 May 1980) is the current pathways and specialist coach for the
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
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
The 27-year-old joined Manly teammate
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
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
Monaghan played in the
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
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]
Honours
Warrington Wolves
- 2012
Individual awards
- 2006 Ken Stephen award.
- 2009 Lance Todd Trophy
References
- ^ "Statistics at superleague.co.uk". superleague.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Monaghan: 'Philosophy filtered throughout the grades". Sea Eagles. 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b Profile at Warrington Wolves site Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c David Jean (12 March 2009). "Canberra pursuing homesick halfback". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Factfile on 2007 grand final". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 29 September 2008.
- ^ "Warrington sign Manly wing Hicks". BBC. 21 June 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
- ^ a b Scott, Ged (28 August 2010). "Leeds 6-30 Warrington". BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Warrington's battered Brett Hodgson recovers to see off Leeds in final". The Guardian. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Leeds' Kevin Sinfield stars in Grand Final triumph against Warrington". The Guardian. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos 18–35 Warrington Wolves". BBC Sport. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Warrington Wolves Are Challenge Cup Winners 2012!". Warrington Wolves. 25 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Grand Final: Warrington 18-26 Leeds". BBC Sport. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Super League Grand Final". Super League. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ Newsum, Matt (5 October 2013). "Super League Grand Final: Wigan Warriors beat Warrington". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Super League Grand Final: Warrington v Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Warrington Wolves 16 Wigan Warriors 30". The Daily Telegraph. London. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Wigan see off Warrington in X-rated Grand Final to complete double". The Guardian. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Michael Monaghan: Warrington hooker announces retirement". BBC Sport. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Monaghan takes reins at Catalan (sic) Dragons". sbs. 24 May 2017.