Leeds Rhinos<\/a> legend Danny McGuire is back at Headingley in a new role.<\/p>\nMcGuire, who was axed as coach of Castleford Tigers in July, has been unveiled as Leeds Rhinos Foundation\u2019s first rugby league impact and growth manager.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old will lead efforts to inspire more youngsters into the sport through the Foundation\u2019s rugby league development plan.<\/p>\n
McGuire was man of the match in Rhinos\u2019 treble-clinching Grand Final win against Wigan Warriors 10 years ago today.<\/p>\n
He began playing rugby league at the East Leeds community club and spent 15 years in Rhinos\u2019 first team, winning eight Super League titles.<\/p>\n
He is the fourth-highest try scorer in Leeds\u2019 history, with 267 and only 10 players have surpassed his total of 424 games for the club.<\/p>\n
Danny McGuire speaks after Leeds Rhinos return<\/p>\n
Rhinos Foundation\u2019s development plan is designed to drive participation in the sport at all levels and retain those already in the game. It will be governed by a newly-created rugby league development steering group for the city.<\/p>\n
McGuire said: \u201cPeople talk about community like it\u2019s just an idea, but in rugby league it\u2019s a reality.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur clubs are the beating heart of our communities, they live alongside us and offer us a chance of something else. They always have.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am proud to be a rugby league player. When I was growing up I watched my heroes and dreamed of being like them. I was lucky enough to live my dream and now I want to help every boy and girl have the same opportunity I had.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cSadly, over the last 30 years the chance to play rugby league in schools and clubs has faced tough times.<\/p>\n
\u201cCuts to spending and other hobbies have taken a generation away from the playing fields of Leeds, but the Rhinos Foundation want to change that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want more kids playing the game, more adults coaching the game and more teams in the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want every child to know where their local team is and want to join it, no matter where they live.<\/p>\n
\u201cRugby league changed my life, not just because of the career I was able to have, but the mates I made along the way and lessons I learned.\u201d<\/p>\n
Incoming Leeds Rhinos chief executive Jamie Jones-Buchanan, who played alongside McGuire, said: \u201cIt is great to see Danny back at the club and for the Foundation to give him a chance to grow the game we both grew up loving.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a product of the rugby league environment I was nurtured in. I was a kid in the South Stand cheering on my heroes, then a player on the field and now we have the chance to lead the club into a new era.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the incredible opportunities the sport of rugby league gives you and I hope, through the rugby league development plan, we can pass that gift onto the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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