Flanagan, Cayless headline potential assistants at Tigers
WESTS Tigers have started interviewing potential assistant coaches with premiership-winning coach Shane Flanagan in the mix.
The Tigers have two positions to assist Michael Maguire going into a season-defining year for the coach.
Flanagan has been interviewed and sits at the top of the queue. It is understood former Parramatta captain Nathan Cayless and former
South Sydney lower-grade player Ryan Carr are also among candidates.
Flanagan is easily the most credentialed, having led the Sharks to premiership glory in 2016 and finished his stint with a 55 per cent winning rate.
Cayless has spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the Roosters. Since retiring at the end of 2010, he has held coaching positions at former club Parramatta and the Warriors.
Carr played under Maguire at
South Sydney. He was appointed South Sydney’s under-20s coach in 2017 where Pat Richards, who is part of the Tigers coaching staff, was his assistant.
Carr has also coached Mounties and Parramatta in the NSW Cup and spent a season as head coach of Featherstone Rovers in the competition below the Super League.
Ex-bulldogs coach Dean Pay was also linked to the role.
The Tigers have officially unveiled
Tyrone Peachey on a two-year deal worth about $750,000.
Peachey returned to Sydney after a three-year stint on the Gold Coast. He could line-up in the halves to start the season given the long-term injury to Adam Doueihi.
“I’ve been really impressed by ‘Madge’ (Maguire) and the way he approaches the game and I’m looking forward to working under him,” he said. “I know that I perform my best when I’ve got a strong coach.”