{"id":217651,"date":"2025-10-16T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217651\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:52:07","slug":"ex-super-league-stalwart-lands-new-coaching-role-down-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217651\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Super League stalwart lands new coaching role Down Under"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Super League stalwart Tyrone McCarthy has been appointed as the head coach of New South Wales Cup side Western Suburbs Magpies, the feeder club for NRL outfit Wests Tigers.<\/p>\n

McCarthy<\/a>, who turned 37 in April, has held a number of roles within the game since hanging up his boots back in 2021.<\/p>\n

Following his retirement, the Ireland international joined hometown club Warrington Wolves\u2019 youth development team as scholarship head coach, and also assisted both the club\u2019s academy and reserves.<\/p>\n

Going on to head Down Under, he linked up with NRL<\/a> side South Sydney Rabbitohs \u2013 first as their Pathways Coaching Director and then as their Pathways Skill Acquisition Coach this year.<\/p>\n

Now, he will move into the second-grade in Australia, taking charge of NSW Cup<\/a> side Western Suburbs Magpies \u2013 who finished ninth on the ladder this term \u2013 for 2026.<\/p>\n

Former Super League stalwart Tyrone McCarthy lands new coaching role with NRL club for 2026<\/p>\n

Making his senior debut for Warrington back in 2009, and winning the Challenge Cup with Wire both that year and in 2012, McCarthy\u2019s playing career saw him represent a plethora of clubs on both sides of the globe.<\/p>\n

In the British game, he also donned a shirt for Leigh, Wakefield Trinity, Swinton, Hull KR and Salford Red Devils \u2013 amassing more than 130 first-team appearances.<\/p>\n

As his appointment was announced by Wests<\/a>, he said: \u201cThere are some great people around the club who I\u2019m looking forward to working alongside, as well as some wonderfully talented players.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of great things happening at Wests and I\u2019m looking forward to bringing my ideas and philosophies to the NSW Cup programme and being a part of what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know first-hand just how much talent comes through the Magpies system which is an exciting opportunity for me as a coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got an important role in creating an environment that gives those players every opportunity to eventually progress through to the NRL and help bring success to the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful to Richo (Shane Richardson<\/a>, CEO) and the board for their support and I can\u2019t wait to get our preparation for next season underway.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his playing days, versatile forward McCarthy represented Northern Pride and Illawarra Cutters at second-grade level Down Under as well as St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.<\/p>\n

He will commence his new role later this month, with Tigers CEO Richardson adding: \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to have Tyrone on board and leading our NSW Cup programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a great understanding of this competition as both a player and coach and knows what it takes to be successful.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe he brings the right mix of experience across the coaching pathway and will be a great cultural fit for our wider coaching group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is important as Tyrone will play an integral role in not only preparing individual players for a transition into the NRL, but ensuring the programme is successful in its own right.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will work closely with our pathways coaches at Western Suburbs and Balmain, while also aligning with Benji (Marshall) and the NRL programme on the development of several players in our Top 30 and Development Squad.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Super League stalwart Tyrone McCarthy has been appointed as the head coach of New South Wales Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-217651","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\/217651","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=217651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}