Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\nManly appoint Foran as Head Coach | 00:34<\/p>\n
Foran only retired from the NRL at the end of last season, with the Kiwi international admitting it is \u201cquite incredible\u201d to think he had just finished his career at the Gold Coast \u201cliterally months ago\u201d only to quickly find himself jumping \u201chead first\u201d into a new but equally intense role.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s quite incredible to think I only finished my career up on the Gold Coast literally months ago and then got given an opportunity to come back to the Manly club I spent many years at playing rugby league and forging so many great memories with a number of players,\u201d Foran said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be stepping into the role of interim coach happened so quickly but like I\u2019ve done with everything in my life, I jumped head first into it, I\u2019ve backed myself and I\u2019ve just worked extremely hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Manly went down to Cronulla last week, it did little to take away from what has been a stunning revival under Foran\u2019s watch after he took over earlier in the year. <\/p>\n
Before last week, the Sea Eagles had scored the most points and conceded the fewest over an eight-game period with Foran in charge.<\/p>\n
The 12-10 win over the Gold Coast a fortnight ago, while far from convincing, was also proof that the high-flying Sea Eagles could win ugly even if their attack wasn\u2019t clicking.<\/p>\n
Fox League\u2019s Gorden Tallis said on \u2018NRL 360\u2019 that Foran\u2019s signing is \u201cprobably the best\u201d one at Manly in a \u201clong time\u201d, declaring the Sea Eagles looked like they were set for a \u201cbasket case of a season\u201d before the club legend took over.<\/p>\n
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Manly chairman Scott Penn said the club has been \u201cimpressed with everything\u201d Foran has done since taking over as interim head coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe belief and passion he has instilled in the playing group has more than delivered on our expectations,\u201d added Penn.<\/p>\n
\u201cKieran\u2019s deep connection to the club, extensive playing experience, and leadership qualities make him an outstanding choice to guide the Sea Eagles into the next chapter. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are focused on competing for premierships and Kieran knows first-hand what it takes to bring the Sea Eagles continued success.\u201d <\/p>\n
Once considered wooden spoon favourites, the Sea Eagles are now pushing for a top-four finish and have the third-best for-and-against in the competition only behind the Panthers and Warriors. <\/p>\n
Club captain Jake Trbojevic has been one of the biggest success stories under Foran\u2019s watch, turning his form around after his position and effectiveness in the team was questioned earlier in the year. <\/p>\n
Trbojevic is just one several Sea Eagles players who have spoken out in support of Foran keeping the job full-time and now they have got their wish.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou only need to look around to see the uplift Kieran has brought to the club in just a matter of months – he has brought clarity to how we want to play, how we want to represent the club and the standards we expect every day,\u201d said Manly CEO Jason King. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe has the utmost respect from everyone associated with Manly, from our owners and directors, our players and staff, and certainly from our members and fans. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe Kieran is the right person to lead our team into the future, and we\u2019re confident in the direction he is setting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First, he masterminded one of the greatest turnarounds in NRL history. Now, Kieran Foran has been rewarded with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-459088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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