{"id":121497,"date":"2025-09-05T20:14:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/121497\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:14:21","slug":"more-change-at-the-knights-as-key-staffer-joins-rivals-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/121497\/","title":{"rendered":"More change at the Knights as key staffer joins rivals &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Less than a fortnight after it was confirmed that head coach<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/adam-obrien-coaches\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Adam O&#8217;Brien<\/a> would finish his tenure at the end of the season, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/newcastle-knights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Newcastle Knights<\/a> have continued to make changes to their staff.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/newcastle-knights-to-draw-up-fivename-hitlist-for-adam-obrien-replacement\/news-story\/2ba94739d5f834ba6a38bd188f572da3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Telegraph<\/a>, Newcastle&#8217;s head of performance, Matty Jay, will make the switch to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/parramatta-eels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Parramatta Eels<\/a> at the end of the season. No decision has been made regarding who will succeed him.<\/p>\n<p>Working at the Knights since 2022, Jay has previously had stints at the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/canberra-raiders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Canberra Raiders<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/cronulla-sharks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Cronulla Sharks<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Wests Tigers<\/a> and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/international-teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> New Zealand<\/a> Kiwis.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that in the Hunter region, he led the club&#8217;s athletic performance programs, combining his work as a PDHPE teacher and his passion for helping develop the next generation of athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an amazing opportunity to work with great players and the best of the best,&#8221; Jay had previously said about working under<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/michael-maguire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Michael Maguire<\/a> on the international stage for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/international-teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really good to see how they go about their business and understand what it takes to be elite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to lead the performance of a team of great athletes, working with great staff towards a common goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Less than a fortnight after it was confirmed that head coach Adam O&#8217;Brien would finish his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-121497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}