Peter Sharp
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Born | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | 16 July 1954||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 7 October 2017 |
Peter Sharp (born 16 July 1954) is an Australian professional rugby league coach. He was most recently the interim coach of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League.
Coaching career
[edit]Sharp has been the head coach of the Northern Eagles and Manly-Warringah from 1999 to 2003. He has also been an assistant coach at the Parramatta Eels, Newcastle Knights and the Melbourne Storm.
Sharp signed with Hull F.C. in April 2006, on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[3] He replaced sacked coach John Kear.,[4] Sharp left the club in 2008 by mutual consent after the club won only 4 of their opening 14 games of the season.
In 2008 he switched to rugby union, joining Ulster as defence coach[5] until September 2009.[6]
Sharp joined Cronulla-Sutherland as assistant coach after the end of the 2011 season.[7] After the suspension handed to Shane Flanagan for twelve months for his role in the club's supplements scandal, Sharp was elevated to the role of caretaker coach, despite his reluctance to coach in the NRL again. He resigned from this role on 1 July 2014, with James Shepherd to assume this role until Flanagan returns from his suspension.[8]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Peter Sharp - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project".
- ^ Peter Sharp at the Rugby League Project
- ^ Hadfield, Dave (11 April 2006). "Hull appoint Sharp as new coach in place of Kear" (fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). Retrieved 14 January 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Coaches and Captains". hullfc.com. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ Gavin Mairs, "Peter has been Sharp man for Ulster: Matt", Belfast Telegraph, 11 December 2008
- ^ Brendan Fanning, "McLaughlin bringing fresh ideas to Ulster grind school", Irish Independent, 6 September 2009
- ^ "Peter Sharp Joins Sharks Coaching Staff". www.sharks.com.au. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ Peter Sharp resigns as Cronulla Sharks NRL coach as season goes from bad to worse, ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 1 July 2014