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The news sent shockwaves across the NRL, but Foran was particularly \u201dstunned\u201d by the news, and what followed was even more surprising for the Manly great.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah I was honestly stunned, like you said I\u2019m only new to this. I retired late last year and I came here as an assistant coach under Anthony,\u201d Foran said on Fox League\u2019s Sunday Ticket.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook I\u2019ve worked as hard as I can to become the best assistant coach I could have possibly become for the club and to pass on all my experience and knowledge to the guys that I\u2019m coaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at the end of the day when I left Fox late that night and Jason (King) and Scott (Penn) reached out to me and explained the situation, what had gone on and that they felt that the best person to step into the interim role was myself.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it really did take me by surprise mate and I had to have a moment to I guess process and then think about what I was going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kieran Foran speaks to Fox League after his first day as Manly’s interim head coach.Source: FOX SPORTSInterim Manly Sea Eagles Coach and former player Kieran Foran pictured at his first training session with the Manly Sea Eagles team held at Brookvale on Sunday Morning.Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n
Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n But it didn\u2019t take long for Foran to make his decision, committing to taking the reins at a club he explained had a special place in his heart.<\/p>\n The 35-year-old has played 196 games for the Sea Eagles, winning a premiership in 2011 \u2014 but arguably faces the biggest task of his career for the remainder of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n \u201cI touched on it yesterday, I said look I\u2019ve never been one to step away from a challenge based on the fear of an outcome or what might be and I know I\u2019m early on in my coaching journey,\u201d Foran said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I love this club. This club\u2019s been wonderful to me throughout the course of my footy career. <\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s wonderful people involved in it and when they asked me and felt that I should step into this role, that I was the right person for it, I couldn\u2019t say no. It\u2019s a big task.<\/p>\n ‘Turning Point?’: Payten on comeback win | 07:31<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a huge, huge job in front of me. But look, I\u2019ve got a great footy team here. There\u2019s a wonderful group of players. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got great experienced staff around me, guys that have been assistant coaches and coaches for a number of years to help lift the load and help me in the areas that I\u2019m new to and hopefully together as a collective effort, we can turn this round as fast as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s session marked Foran\u2019s first day as interim head coach, and he admitted it was daunting driving to the club\u2019s headquarters in a new role.<\/p>\n \u201cI was pretty nervous driving into training this morning at about 5:30, I got in and then had a number of meetings and addressed the playing group at about quarter to nine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAlong with Jason King, look the boys have been great mate obviously like I said it\u2019s been a bit of a crazy 48 hours for the players themselves as well.<\/p>\n \u201cFinding out the news about Anthony and then obviously myself taking over but look it was business as usual to be honest mate we got through the meetings this morning.<\/p>\n \u201cThe boys did some gym and then we went out onto the field and got through some skills to prime ourselves for tomorrow\u2019s big session.<\/p>\n MORE SEIBOLD NEWS<\/p>\n CONTENDERS: Ex-NRL coach \u2018in the thick of it\u2019… and a club legend<\/a><\/p>\n REACTION: Manly assistant \u2018shocked\u2019 by Seibold stunner<\/a><\/p>\n