Sacked Tigers coach's surprise new NRL job

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Michael Maguire volition articulation the Canberra Raiders successful a consultancy relation for 2023, successful what volition beryllium his archetypal NRL relation since leaving the Wests Tigers.

Maguire was sacked by the Tigers midway done the 2022 season, leaving Brett Kimmorley to instrumentality implicit successful an interim relation arsenic the nine finished with the woody spoon for the archetypal time.

Maguire, a erstwhile Raiders subordinate and adjunct coach, is presently successful England arsenic the caput manager of the New Zealand nationalist squad - but volition proceed his NRL travel successful the nation's capital.

"Michael is simply a fantastic signing for our nine and helium brings invaluable acquisition and cognition to the role," caput manager Ricky Stuart said.

"He has a fantastic grounds arsenic a manager astatine each levels of the crippled and we're precise fortunate to beryllium capable to unafraid idiosyncratic of his calibre."

Maguire has signed a two-year woody with the club.

"I can't hold to enactment with him and person him moving alongside our coaching unit and playing group," Stuart said.

Maguire led Wigan to Super League glory successful his debut archetypal people coaching season, earlier getting his NRL accidental with the Rabbitohs successful 2012.

The nine made preliminary finals successful each of his archetypal 2 campaigns, earlier their drought-breaking expansive last triumph successful 2014.

He was fto spell astatine the extremity of the 2017 season, with Souths having missed the finals successful back-to-back years.

After becoming caput manager of New Zealand successful 2018, helium was signed arsenic Tigers brag the pursuing year, juggling some jobs until helium was sacked successful June.

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