{"id":577302,"date":"2026-03-31T23:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/577302\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T23:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:32:09","slug":"former-nrl-coach-sets-timeline-on-confirming-his-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/577302\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NRL coach sets timeline on confirming his future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brad Arthur<\/a> isn’t giving anything away, and he’s perfectly comfortable with that.<\/p>\n

The Leeds Rhinos<\/a> head coach, whose contract runs out at season’s end, met questions about his links to the vacant Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> job with a response that was equal parts fire and diplomacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The deadline for his decision was revealed to be June 30.<\/p>\n

Arthur’s journey to Headingley has been one of gradual commitment.<\/p>\n

He arrived midway through the 2024 season on a short-term arrangement after being sacked from the Parramatta Eels<\/a>, before extending for the 2025 season, and eventually signing on for another year in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Each time, the question of his long-term future has hovered like a cloud over the club, and here they are again, just weeks into the new season, with the same conversation surfacing.<\/p>\n

On the field, things are moving in the right direction, taking Leeds Rhinos<\/a> to the finals and being shy of the Super League<\/a> grand final, and they quickly impressed in the clash at Las Vegas in March against Hull KR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leeds brushed aside the Warrington Wolves<\/a> 26-22 at Headingley on Sunday UK time, a result that continued their encouraging start to the Super League<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

It was what Brad Arthur<\/a> said afterwards that drew the real attention.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got until June 30. On June 29, I’ll tell everyone what I’m doing,” Arthur said on the broadcast after the game.<\/p>\n

“I’m not trying to drag it out, but it is hard for me being away from Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I feel like I’ve come here and honoured everything that I said I was going to do. I’m trying to make the club a better club, and the players are buying in.<\/p>\n

“What happens back in Australia<\/a> \u2013 I’ve got no control over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brad’s wife Michelle and daughter Charlotte are in the UK along with older son Jake Arthur<\/a>, who is currently playing for Hull FC<\/a> in the UK. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Youngest son Matt is currently in Australia<\/a> with the Newcastle Knights<\/a> roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brad Arthur isn’t giving anything away, and he’s perfectly comfortable with that. The Leeds Rhinos head coach, whose…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-577302","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\/577302","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=577302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}