Iestyn HARRIS [
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Thu October 13, 2011
Source: www.wiganwarriors.comWigan Warriors have announced the appointment of Shaun Wane as the Club's new Head Coach, with Wales Coach Iestyn Harris as Assistant Coach. Both have agreed two year contracts for Seasons 2012 and 2013 with a further option for 2014.
Wigan also confirm Paul Deacon's decision to retire from playing and his welcome to the Club's Coaching Staff under an initial 3-Year Contract.
Shaun has been at Wigan as a Coach since 2003, working initially with the Academy and Reserve sides before progressing to become Lead Assistant Coach to Michael Maguire and the First Team in 2009.
Iestyn, the current Wales national Coach, joins Wigan after a year as Head Coach of Crusaders RL in Super League.
Speaking about the appointments, Owner and Chairman Ian Lenagan said:
"We are delighted to unveil our new all-British Coaching Team of Shaun Wane and Iestyn Harris to lead Coaching at all levels within the Club in conjunction with Mark Bitcon and Kris Radlinski. I sought continuance of the methods, systems, analytics, discipline and performance established so well by Michael Maguire and Shaun was the perfect candidate to continue that approach, and even improve it.
"Shaun did extremely well whilst cutting his coaching teeth with the Club's younger sides, leading both the Academy and Reserve Grades to Grand Final successes over a number of Seasons. He was responsible personally for the development of so many current Wigan First Team Squad members."
"Shaun has played a huge role behind the scenes alongside Michael Maguire, Mark Bitcon and Kris Radlinski, turning the Club's fortunes around with the 2010 Grand Final win and 2011 Carnegie Challenge Cup triumph. He was a no nonsense player and is now a quality British Coach who is highly respected throughout the game and is a natural successor to Michael.
"We are also very pleased to welcome Iestyn Harris to the Wigan Club. Iestyn has done an outstanding job in Super League with the Crusaders, firstly as an Assistant Coach, before taking over as Head Coach at the start of last season. He has also led Wales to qualification for this seasons Four Nations and is a passionate ambassador of Rugby League in the Principality. We are very happy that we have been able to secure his services to join our Coaching Team and are certain that he will play a big role in any future success."
Speaking about his appointment as Head Coach, Shaun Wane said:
"This is a very proud day for me and I am thrilled to take over as the Head Coach of my hometown Club. I have enjoyed working with Michael (Maguire) for the last two years and have learned so much from him. It has been great to play my part in helping to bring Cup success back to Wigan and I am looking forward to building on these achievements in the next couple of seasons.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for me and one I am really looking forward to. We already have some excellent people behind the scenes and the addition of Iestyn adds further quality to our backroom team. We also have a determined and committed playing squad and we are all fully focussed on building on what has been achieved both on and off the field in the last two years."
Iestyn Harris added:
"I am thrilled to join such a prestigious Club as Wigan and am looking forward to working with Shaun, the staff and the players. The Wigan Club has gone from strength to strength in recent years and I'm hoping to assist in its continued development.
"I was obviously disappointed how things ended at Crusaders but that is now in the past and I am concentrating on my commitments with Wales and then to the start of pre-season with Wigan. It is a really exciting time for me in my career."
Shaun Wane takes up his position as Head Coach with immediate effect, while Iestyn Harris will join the Wigan Club once his involvement with Wales in the forthcoming Four Nations Tournament comes to an end.
Shaun Wane ProfileBirthplace: Wigan
DOB:14/9/64
Age:47
Coaching Experience
2003-2005 Assistant Under 18's Coach
2005-2007 Under 18's Head Coach
2005 Wigan finished top of the table and were crowned Grand Final Winners
2006 Wigan finished 4th and were Grand Final Runners Up
2007 Wigan finished 3rd and were Play-Off Semi-Finalists
2008-2009 Reserve Head Coach
2008 Wigan finished 2nd in the table and were Grand Final Winners
2009 Wigan finished top of the table and were crowned Grand Final Winners
2010-2011 Lead Assistant Coach with the First Team
2010 League Leaders Shield, Grand Final Winners
2011 Challenge Cup Winners
Playing Experience
Shaun is a former Wigan player joining from local Amateur Club St Pats in 1981. Shaun made over 150 appearances for the Club between 1981-90 (107 apps, 42 sub, 11 tries, 43 points). During his time as a player with Wigan, Shaun won a World Club Challenge medal in the 1987 win over Manly 8-2 at Central Park, two League Championships, the Challenge Cup, John Player and Regal Trophy triumphs (three times), Lancashire Cup (twice) and the Premiership.
Shaun has also played for Leeds and Workington as well as representing Lancashire, Great Britain Under 21's and Great Britain.
Iestyn Harris ProfileBirthplace: Oldham
DOB: 25/6/76
Age: 35
Coaching Experience
2008-2009 Wales Assistant Coach
2009- Present Wales Head Coach
2009-2010 Crusaders RL Assistant Coach
2010- 2011 Crusaders RL Head Coach
Playing Experience
Iestyn was a dual code international with Wales and has also represented Great Britain at Rugby League. Iestyn has played for Warrington Wolves, Leeds Rhinos, Cardiff Rugby Union, Bradford Bulls and Featherstone Rovers. He has made nearly 400 appearances in professional Rugby League and is a former Man of Steel winner in 1998 during his time at Leeds.
Fri February 25, 2011
Source: www.crusadersrfl.comCrusaders head coach Iestyn Harris insists his side are ready to lock horns with the Bradford Bulls this Saturday (KO 5:45pm).
Super League's only Welsh side will play their first home game of the season at the Racecourse Ground against Mick Potter's Bradford Bulls.
Both side's will be looking to bounce back following loses last weekend. Crusaders suffered a narrow 20-18 defeat to Harlequins while the Bulls went down 44-10 at home to Wigan Warriors.
Harris will go against his former club as a Super League head coach for the first time on Saturday, and he says he has been happy with his side's response following the defeat to Quins.
"We've had a certain amount of downtown this week with all the travelling we've had to do over the past few weeks," Harris said
"The pitch was very heavy last week and it took a lot out of the guys. We had to give them a period of time off to recover from that but when they came back in they reacted very well. We've approached the Bradford game in a very positive manner and hopefully we've got the right game plan to compete in that game.
"I'd probably give last week's performance a 5 out of 10. It was quite an average performance from us. We've highlighted areas we needed to improve eon and hopefully we have addressed them, dealt with them and solved them. It was a disappointing result for us but we have to take it on the chin.
"We just have to make sure we respond positively on Saturday. It is our first home game and our first opportunity to play in front of our home fans at the Racecourse. It is massively important that we put in a good performance.
"It's important that we have a very good performance in our first home game because you're sending a message out saying 'this is what we're about this year'. We want to send the home fans away happy with what they've seen and want them coming back for more."
Harris spent four successful years with the Bulls as a player, and believes his Crusaders outfit will need to be at the top of their game on Saturday when the Bulls come to town.
He added: "The league is so strong this year and there are a lot of teams that can beat each other. The bottom teams can beat the top teams and Super League is probably as competitive as it has ever been. That is why home form is so important; if you string 4 or 5 results together then you will shoot up the table. We've talked about the consistency of our performances this year and we maintain that is our main concern for this year.
"They've had reasonably tough start to the season. They have played two very good sides that are going to be up there at the top of the table. Bradford are a good side that have recruited a lot of players over the off-season so they will be looking at this game as an ideal opportunity to get their first 2 points on the board. We just have to make sure that we are ready for them."
Tickets for the Bradford Bulls game are available from the club shop, by calling the ticket office on 0871 221 9511 or online at www.crusadersrfl.com.
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 2008 engage English Super League
Bradford Bulls
23 games; 3 tries, 30 goals, 72 points.
[View] Round 1 [10 Feb 08] L 24-26 v Wakefield (A). [F8]
[View] Round 2 [16 Feb 08] W 38-12 v Huddersfield (H). [F8]
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] L 16-22 v St Helens (H). [F8]
[View] Round 4 [01 Mar 08] L 14-28 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [20 Mar 08] L 2-44 v Leeds (A). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] W 32-24 v Harlequins (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [30 Mar 08] W 50-4 v Castleford (H). [BE] 2 Pts; 1g
[View] Round 10 [04 Apr 08] W 24-8 v Hull FC (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [13 Apr 08] L 18-20 v Hull KR (A). [F8] 6 Pts; 3g
[View] Round 12 [27 Apr 08] W 26-12 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [03 May 08] L 26-40 v Leeds. [F8]
[View] Round 14 [18 May 08] W 46-24 v Castleford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [08 Jun 08] L 16-24 v Les Catalans (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 2g
[View] Round 17 [13 Jun 08] L 20-58 v St Helens (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [22 Jun 08] W 36-22 v Hull FC (H). [F8] 8 Pts; 4g
[View] Round 19 [29 Jun 08] W 40-20 v Hull KR (H). [F8] 16 Pts; 1t, 6g
[View] Round 20 [06 Jul 08] L 24-25 v Huddersfield (A). [F8] 8 Pts; 4g
[View] Round 21 [11 Jul 08] L 28-32 v Warrington (A). [DH]
[View] Round 22 [20 Jul 08] W 24-10 v Wakefield (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [03 Aug 08] L 24-36 v Harlequins (A). [HB] 8 Pts; 4g
[View] Round 24 [08 Aug 08] L 18-28 v Leeds (A). [HB] 6 Pts; 3g
[View] Round 27 [06 Sep 08] W 18-16 v Castleford (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 2g
[View] Finals Week 1 [12 Sep 08] L 14-30 v Wigan (A). [BE] 2 Pts; 1g
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2007 engage English Super League
Bradford Bulls
22 games; 5 tries, 26 goals, 72 points.
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 07] W 36-20 v Warrington (A). [F8]
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 07] W 32-28 v Wigan (H). [F8]
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 07] L 22-34 v St Helens (A). [F8]
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 07] W 56-18 v Salford City (H). [F8]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] W 36-22 v Harlequins (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 07] L 22-29 v Les Catalans (H). [F8]
[View] Round 8 [05 Apr 07] L 14-18 v Leeds (H). [F8]
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 07] W 36-24 v Wakefield (A). [F8]
[View] Round 10 [15 Apr 07] W 52-22 v Hull KR (H). [F8] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 11 [20 Apr 07] W 32-22 v Hull FC (A). [F8]
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 07] W 36-24 v Warrington (H). [F8] 6 Pts; 3g
[View] Round 13 [06 May 07] L 38-42 v Leeds. [F8]
[View] Round 14 [18 May 07] L 12-36 v Huddersfield (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 2g
[View] Round 15 [27 May 07] W 44-18 v Harlequins (H). [F8]
[View] Round 16 [02 Jun 07] W 28-20 v Catalans (A). [F8]
[View] Round 21 [21 Jul 07] L 10-14 v Salford City (A). [F8]
[View] Round 23 [12 Aug 07] W 28-10 v Hull KR (A). [HB] 8 Pts; 4g
[View] Round 24 [19 Aug 07] L 22-26 v Huddersfield (A). [HB] 10 Pts; 5g
[View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] D 16-16 v Leeds (H). [F8]
[View] Round 26 [09 Sep 07] W 40-8 v Catalans (H). [F8] 16 Pts; 1t, 6g
[View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] L 10-20 v Hull FC (A). [HB] 2 Pts; 1g
[View] Finals Week 1 [21 Sep 07] L 30-31 v Wigan (H). [HB] 14 Pts; 1t, 5g
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2006 World Club Challenge
Bradford Bulls
1 games; 5 goals, 10 points.
[View] WCC [04 Feb 06] W 30-10 v Tigers (H). [HB] 10 Pts; 5/6g
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2006 engage English Super League
Bradford Bulls
30 games; 4 tries, 11 goals, 38 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Feb 06] W 20-14 v Wakefield (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 06] D 18-18 v Harlequins (H). [F8]
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 06] W 34-4 v Salford City (H). [F8] 10 Pts; 2t, 1g
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 06] W 50-18 v Catalans (A). [F8]
[View] Round 5 [10 Mar 06] W 18-12 v Hull (H). [F8]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 06] L 16-38 v St Helens (A). [F8]
[View] Round 7 [24 Mar 06] W 34-12 v Wigan (H). [F8] 6 Pts; 3g
[View] Round 8 [08 Apr 06] L 18-22 v Warrington (H). [F8]
[View] Round 9 [13 Apr 06] W 20-18 v Leeds (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [23 Apr 06] L 4-27 v Warrington (A). [F8]
[View] Round 12 [28 Apr 06] W 54-6 v Les Catalans (H). [F8] 10 Pts; 5g
[View] Round 13 [05 May 06] L 12-28 v Hull FC (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 2g
[View] Round 14 [13 May 06] W 58-16 v Harlequins (A). [F8]
[View] Round 15 [26 May 06] L 0-30 v Leeds (H). [F8]
[View] Round 16 [11 Jun 06] D 26-26 v Castleford (A). [F8]
[View] Round 17 [16 Jun 06] W 20-18 v St Helens (H). [F8]
[View] Round 18 [23 Jun 06] W 42-16 v Huddersfield (H). [F8]
[View] Round 19 [30 Jun 06] L 16-17 v Salford City (A). [F8]
[View] Round 20 [07 Jul 06] L 24-26 v Leeds (A). [F8]
[View] Round 21 [14 Jul 06] W 30-16 v Les Catalans (H). [F8]
[View] Round 22 [21 Jul 06] W 42-20 v Wakefield (A). [F8]
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] W 50-22 v Warrington (H). [F8]
[View] Round 24 [12 Aug 06] L 26-28 v Harlequins (A). [F8]
[View] Round 25 [18 Aug 06] W 48-10 v Castleford (H). [F8]
[View] Round 26 [01 Sep 06] L 16-38 v Wigan (A). [F8]
[View] Round 27 [08 Sep 06] L 12-20 v Wakefield (H). [F8]
[View] Round 28 [17 Sep 06] W 42-30 v Huddersfield (A). [F8]
[View] Finals Week One [23 Sep 06] W 52-6 v Salford City (H). [F8]
[View] Finals Week Two [30 Sep 06] W 40-24 v Warrington (H). [F8]
[View] Finals Week Three [06 Oct 06] L 12-19 v Hull FC (A). [F8]
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2005 Tri-Nations Test Series
Great Britain Lions
3 games; 8/9 goals, 16 points.
[View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [05 Nov 05] L 6-20 v Australia (H). [F8]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 5 [12 Nov 05] W 38-12 v New Zealand (H). [F8] 10 Pts; 5/5g
[View] Tri-Nations Match 6 [19 Nov 05] L 14-26 v Australia (H). [F8] 6 Pts; 3/4g
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2005 English Super League
Bradford Bulls
32 games; 17 tries, 17 goals, 2 field goals, 104 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Feb 05] L 16-28 v Wildcats (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [20 Feb 05] L 22-31 v Widnes (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 05] W 28-27 v Wigan (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [06 Mar 05] W 48-22 v London (H). [F8]
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 05] W 46-6 v Leigh (A). [F8] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 6 [18 Mar 05] W 32-22 v Hull (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [24 Mar 05] L 12-42 v Rhinos (H). [F8]
[View] Round 8 [28 Mar 05] L 27-34 v St Helens (A). [F8]
[View] Round 9 [10 Apr 05] L 32-35 v Warrington (A). [F8]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 05] W 54-10 v Huddersfield (H). [F8] 12 Pts; 6g
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 05] W 40-8 v Wigan (H). [F8]
[View] Round 12 [01 May 05] W 41-26 v London (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [13 May 05] W 58-0 v Salford (A). [F8]
[View] Round 14 [22 May 05] L 24-44 v Warrington (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [28 May 05] W 42-24 v Hull (A). [F8]
[View] Round 16 [05 Jun 05] L 4-66 v St Helens (H). [F8]
[View] Round 17 [11 Jun 05] W 38-20 v Huddersfield (A). [F8]
[View] Round 18 [19 Jun 05] D 25-25 v Widnes (H). [F8]
[View] Round 19 [01 Jul 05] L 26-36 v Rhinos (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [10 Jul 05] L 34-44 v Wildcats (A). [F8]
[View] Round 21 [17 Jul 05] W 58-12 v Leigh (H). [F8] 10 Pts; 1t, 3g
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 05] W 24-18 v Salford (A). [F8] 6 Pts; 1t, 1g
[View] Round 23 [07 Aug 05] W 74-24 v Widnes (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [14 Aug 05] W 58-12 v Salford (H). [F8] 12 Pts; 2t, 2g
[View] Round 25 [19 Aug 05] W 42-10 v Rhinos (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 05] W 49-6 v Hull (H). [F8]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 05] W 52-34 v Huddersfield (H). [F8]
[View] Round 28 [17 Sep 05] W 32-18 v St Helens (A). [F8]
[View] Elimination Play Offs [23 Sep 05] W 44-22 v London (H). [F8] 18 Pts; 2t, 5g
[View] Elimination Semi-Final [01 Oct 05] W 71-0 v Hull (H). [F8] 5 Pts; 1t, 1fg
[View] Final Eliminator [07 Oct 05] W 23-18 v St Helens (A). [F8]
[View] Grand Final [15 Oct 05] W 15-6 v Rhinos. [F8] 1 Pts; 1fg
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