{"id":279120,"date":"2025-11-12T04:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279120\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T04:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:36:10","slug":"bulldogs-make-another-change-amid-coaching-reshuffle-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279120\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulldogs make another change amid coaching reshuffle – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

There likely hasn’t been a top four side that has endured more change in recent years than the Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a> in 2025, and yet there seems to be even more movement unfolding at Belmore.<\/p>\n

Jason Taylor<\/a> is shifting from Cameron Ciraldo’s NRL<\/a> assistant role to take over as head coach of Canterbury’s NSW Cup<\/a> side, club GM Phil Gould confirmed.<\/p>\n

The move comes as Adam O’Brien<\/a> joins the Bulldogs’ coaching staff following his departure from the Newcastle Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With O’Brien’s arrival, the restructure was seen as both a natural and strategic adjustment for Taylor, one that could play to his strengths as a mentor and developer of talent.<\/p>\n

The move will then shift former NSW Cup<\/a> coach Mick Potter<\/a> into a new role, with Gould confirming the switch on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cMick is now working in our Academy program with the Academy Coaches<\/a>,\u201d he said on X.<\/p>\n

\u201c(He is) also looking after junior positional coaching programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

A former goal-kicking halfback and captain, Taylor brings vast experience, having previously served as coach at the Parramatta Eels<\/a>, South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a>, and Wests Tigers<\/a>, and played more than 150 first-grade games for the North Sydney Bears and Northern Eagles.<\/p>\n

There’s also growing talk from the west that Taylor could feature in future plans for the Perth Bears<\/a> expansion franchise, with speculation suggesting he’s being considered for a coaching or management role due to his Bears connections and decades of experience.<\/p>\n

For now, his focus shifts to guiding the Bulldogs’ NSW Cup<\/a> outfit, a crucial part of Canterbury’s broader push to strengthen depth and development under Ciraldo’s system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There likely hasn’t been a top four side that has endured more change in recent years than the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-279120","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\/279120","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=279120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}