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Manly Warringah Sea Eagles have wasted little time turning their attention to the future, appointing one of the most successful coaches and high-performance leaders in world sport, Sir Stephen Hansen, as the Club\u2019s new Football Performance Director.<\/p>\n
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The appointment comes just days after the Sea Eagles completed their 2026 NRL season against the New Zealand Warriors in Auckland; narrowly missing finals football.<\/p>\n
The move is a strong statement of intent from Manly, which has immediately turned its focus to building a stronger football program for 2027.<\/p>\n
Hansen will work closely with Head Coach Kieran Foran, CEO Jason King, and the Club\u2019s football department, bringing an extraordinary level of experience in developing high-performance environments and winning cultures.<\/p>\n
Foran said he was extremely excited by the opportunity to work alongside Hansen.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have someone of Steve Hansen\u2019s experience, knowledge and proven record of building winning cultures joining our football department is a massive opportunity for this Club,\u201d Foran said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have enormous respect for Steve and what he has achieved.<\/p>\n
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He is one of the greatest sporting minds of his generation, and I am incredibly excited to work with him and learn from him.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tKieran Foran
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Hansen was Head Coach of the New Zealand All Blacks from 2012 to 2019. Under his guidance the team achieved a remarkable 87 per cent winning rate, losing just 10 of 107 Tests.<\/p>\n
Since leaving the All Blacks, Hansen has increasingly focused on strategic leadership, mentoring and high-performance development, including roles in Japanese rugby.<\/p>\n
Hansen said he was excited by the opportunity to join a Club with such a proud history and to work alongside Foran.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m really excited to be joining the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and to be part of a Club that is steeped in history, success and a strong sporting identity.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tSir Steve Hansen
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\u201cThere is a lot to like about what Manly is building, and I\u2019m particularly looking forward to working with Kieran and CEO Jason King.\u201d<\/p>\n
Foran says Hansen\u2019s appointment demonstrates the Club\u2019s determination to act immediately following the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want to simply talk about getting better, we want to put the right people and structures in place to make it happen,\u201d Foran said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSteve brings an incredible level of experience and insight, and I know he will challenge all of us to think bigger, raise our standards and become better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manly Warringah Sea Eagles have wasted little time turning their attention to the future, appointing one of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-887654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887654","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=887654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}