{"id":346676,"date":"2025-12-14T03:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/346676\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:31:11","slug":"ex-nrl-forward-lands-international-head-coaching-position-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/346676\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NRL forward lands international head coaching position &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/adam-woolnough\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Woolnough<\/a>, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> forward for three different teams, has been named head coach of an international side for the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>Last playing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> in 2011, Woolnough has been named as the head coach of the USA&#8217;s Men&#8217;s national team following the United States Association of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby League<\/a> (USARL) announcing key new appointments across its entire national program.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of Woolnough comes after he most recently coached the Melbourne Storm&#8217;s Under-21s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/jersey-flegg-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey Flegg Cup<\/a> side in 2022 and is currently the General Manager for Ice Hockey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/international-teams\/australia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">&#8220;This is a special opportunity, and I am grateful to the USARL board for trusting me as the next head coach of the Hawks,&#8221; Woolnough said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby League<\/a> in the US is full of talent\u2014both realized and untapped. I am committed to building a program grounded in integrity, accountability, and pride in the jersey, with a strong, connected team culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">&#8220;Together, we will be united, disciplined, and determined to elevate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/international-teams\/usa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA<\/a> Men&#8217;s program to new heights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">Adding a wealth of knowledge to the national team, he brings over 155 matches of experience with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/newcastle-knights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle Knights<\/a> (2002-07), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/penrith-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penrith Panthers<\/a> (2008-09) and Storm (2011).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">He also represented the Prime Minister&#8217;s XII team in 2006.<\/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; Adam Woolnough, a former NRL forward for three different teams, has been named head coach of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-346676","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\/346676","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=346676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}