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Wests Tigers' search for a new head coach will continue after getting rejected

Panthers assistant coach Cameron Ciraldo looks on during the round 11 NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and the Penrith Panthers at Sydney Cricket Ground, on May 21, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

The Wests Tigers’ search for a new head coach will continue after highly-rated Penrith assistant Cameron Ciraldo withdrew from contention.

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The Tigers sacked coach Michael Maguire earlier this month and appointed Brett Kimmorley to the role on an interim basis, but had approached Ciraldo to gauge his interest in coaching full-time from next year.

Ciraldo, off-contract at the end of the season, is often credited as the architect of Penrith’s premiership-winning defence and has been declared “a head coach in waiting” by current Panthers head coach Ivan Cleary.

But on Saturday evening, the Tigers released a statement confirming Ciraldo would not be joining the club next year.

“The club has been contacted by Cameron Ciraldo and his management this afternoon and they have advised the club that he is not in a position to accept the role of Head Coach at this juncture in his career,” the statement read.

“Whilst disappointing, we respect his decision, and we will continue with the selection process in appointing our club’s Head Coach.”

Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis said on Tuesday that the club hoped to confirm their new head coach by the first week of July.

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Shane Flanagan, Kristian Woolf and Paul Green are among the available options for Canterbury, the Tigers and Warriors to consider approaching.

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JW 1 hour ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Yep, no one knows what will happen. Thing is I think (this is me arguing a point here not a random debate with this one) they're better off trialing it now in a controlled environment than waiting to open it up in a knee jerk style reaction to a crumbling organtization and team. They can always stop it again.


The principle idea is that why would players leave just because the door is ajar?


BBBR decides to go but is not good enough to retain the jersey after doing it. NZ no longer need to do what I suggest by paying him to get back upto speed. That is solely a concept of a body that needs to do what I call pick and stick wth players. NZR can't hold onto everyone so they have to choose their BBBRs and if that player comes back from a sabbatical under par it's a priority to get him upto speed as fast as possible because half of his competition has been let go overseas because they can't hold onto them all. Changing eligibility removes that dilemma, if a BBBR isn't playing well you can be assured that someone else is (well the idea is that you can be more assured than if you only selected from domestic players).


So if someone decides they want to go overseas, they better do it with an org than is going to help improve them, otherwise theyre still basically as ineligible as if they would have been scorning a NZ Super side that would have given them the best chance to be an All Black.

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