Darren Shaw

Darren Shaw is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He is the coach of Rochdale Hornets.

Before his coaching career, Shaw played for a number of clubs in England and Australia. Shaw played for Brisbane Broncos, London Broncos, Sheffield Eagles, Castleford Tigers,^[1] and Salford City Reds. Darren Shaw played second-row in Sheffield Eagles' 17-8 victory over Wigan in the 1998 Challenge Cup final during Super League III at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1998.

Darren Shaw was assistant coach to Bobbie Goulding at Rochdale Hornets prior to taking charge at Leigh in 2006. Shaw replaced Tony Benson after Benson was relieved of his duties following a shock play-off defeat by Batley Bulldogs.

Shortly after Shaw's appointment it was found that he did not have the relevant coaching qualifications to take charge of a team at National League level. To counter this, Shaw was made Football Manager, with Paul Rowley becoming First Team coach.

Darren Shaw's first full season in charge of Leigh Centurions ended with a 19–6 play off defeat away to Whitehaven. Leigh's 2007 season was one dogged by inconsistency. Convincing wins were often followed by heavy defeats as Shaw was forced to field a number of youngsters due to injury problems. The unsettled nature of the side in 2007 was reflected by the fact that Shaw gave debuts to over 20 players over the course of the season.

Despite the disappointing end to the 2007 season, Shaw was given a contract to coach Leigh for the 2008 season.

After a promising start to the 2008 season, Shaw tendered his resignation following defeats by Salford, Widnes and Featherstone Rovers.^[2]

He was appointed as Head Coach of Rochdale Hornets in May 2008.

Challenge Cup final appearances

Dale Laughton played Right-second-row, i.e. number 12, in Sheffield Eagles' 17–8 victory over Wigan in the 1998 Challenge Cup final during Super League III at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1998.

References

↑ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
↑ "Aussie Shaw quits as Leigh coach". BBC News. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-08.

External links

Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

Leigh Centurions – current squad

1 McNally 2 Higson 3 Worthington 4 Armstrong 5 Kay 6 Ridyard 7 Brierley 8 Moimoi 9 Beswick 10 Wilkes 11 Sarsfield 12 Goulden 13 Barlow 14 Penkywicz 15 Pownall 16 Platt 17 Reynolds 18 Spencer 19 Haggerty 20 Hopkins 21 Acton 22 Beaumont 23 Aspinwall 24 Walker 25 Pitman 28 Maden 29 Emmitt Coach: Rowley

Sheffield Eagles squad – 1998 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Waisale Sovatabua 2 Nick Pinkney 3 Whetu Taewa 4 Keith Senior 5 Matt Crowther 6 Dave Watson 7 Mark Aston 8 Paul Broadbent (c) 9 John "Johnny" Lawless 10 Dale Laughton 11 Paul Carr 12 Darren Shaw 13 Rod Doyle 14 Michael Jackson 15 Darren Turner 16 Martin Wood 17 Lynton Stott Coach: John Kear

Scotland squad – 2000 Rugby League World Cup

Russell (c) Arnold Bell Craig Cram Crowther Daylight Fletcher Gilmour Graham Heckenberg Horne Laughton Logan Mackay Maiden McDonald Penny Purcell S. Rhodes M. Rhodes Shaw Vowles Wainwright Coach: McRae

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