{"id":280730,"date":"2025-11-13T01:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/280730\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T01:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:27:09","slug":"obrien-to-join-bulldogs-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/280730\/","title":{"rendered":"O\u2019Brien to Join Bulldogs Coaching Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are pleased to announce the appointment of Adam O\u2019Brien as an NRL Assistant Coach for the upcoming season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien joins the Bulldogs following six seasons as Head Coach of the Newcastle Knights (2020\u20132025), where he guided the club to four finals series&#8217;. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A respected figure in the game, O\u2019Brien brings extensive experience and a proven\u00a0track record\u00a0of success, having also served as an\u00a0Assistant Coach at both the Melbourne Storm and Sydney Roosters, contributing to Premierships with each club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien will reconnect with the likes of\u00a0Sitili\u00a0Tupouniua,\u00a0Kurt Mann, Enari Tuala and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulldogs.com.au\/news\/2025\/11\/11\/first-look-leo-thompson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new\u00a0Bulldogs recruit, Leo Thompson<\/a>,\u00a0when the squad assembles in\u00a0Belmore for pre-season training.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Club has also bolstered its football\u00a0staff\u00a0with\u00a0two new additions. Trent Elkin has joined\u00a0as\u00a0Athletic\u00a0Performance and Rehabilitation Lead\u00a0and Michael\u00a0Kulen\u00a0will step into\u00a0an Attack Analyst\u00a0role. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elkin arrives\u00a0to\u00a0Belmore with\u00a0over two\u00a0decades\u00a0worth of experience in high performance programs. He started his career at the Bulldogs in the 1990s and returns after stints with\u00a0the Cronulla Sharks, Parramatta Eels,\u00a0NRL referees and\u00a0South Sydney Rabbitohs. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kulen\u00a0has spent the last eight years with the Manly Sea Eagles\u00a0as an analyst and has also worked with the New Zealand\u00a0rugby league side. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are pleased to announce the appointment of Adam O\u2019Brien as an NRL Assistant Coach for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-280730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280730","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=280730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}