{"id":597357,"date":"2026-09-11T18:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T18:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/597357\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T18:26:09","slug":"nrl-former-all-blacks-coach-steve-hansen-joins-manly-sea-eagles-in-new-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/597357\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL: Former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen joins Manly Sea Eagles in new role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">\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<p><img  alt=\"Former All Blacks coach Sir Steve Hansen (left) and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles coach Kieran Foran look forward to working together. Photo \/ Manly Warringah Sea Eagles\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Former All Blacks coach Sir Steve Hansen (left) and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles coach Kieran Foran look forward to working together. Photo \/ Manly Warringah Sea Eagles<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">Foran, who took over coaching duties mid-season, said he was excited to work alongside the World Cup-winning coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">\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<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI have enormous respect for Steve and what he has achieved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHe is one of the greatest sporting minds of his generation, and I am incredibly excited to work with him and learn from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">Foran complimented the club on making a quick decision to hire Hansen and build towards next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">\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<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">\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<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">Hansen was coach of the All Blacks from 2012 to 2019, losing only 10 of 107 games and securing the 2015 Rugby World Cup title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">He has since taken roles in Japanese rugby and looked towards strategic leadership, mentoring and high-performance development jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eYVVqkRVmn\" style=\"display:none\">The Sea Eagles finished ninth on this year\u2019s NRL ladder, one place outside a finals position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThere is a lot to like about what Manly is building, and I\u2019m particularly looking forward to working&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5263,8136,1320,123636,3009,2740,27949,78,16572,6371,3020,117,111,139,577,69,205,6327,3008,213,5132,159618,377],"class_list":["post-597357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-all","tag-blacks","tag-coach","tag-cupwinning","tag-eagles","tag-former","tag-hansen","tag-in","tag-joined","tag-joins","tag-manly","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nrl","tag-nz","tag-role","tag-rugby","tag-sea","tag-sports","tag-steve","tag-warringah","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597357","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=597357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}