{"id":215090,"date":"2025-10-21T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215090\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:04:15","slug":"willie-peters-ready-to-be-hated-as-hull-kr-coach-takes-on-new-villain-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215090\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Peters ready to be ‘hated’ as Hull KR coach takes on new villain role"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hull KR boss will help shape a game plan against an England side made up largely of Super League stars he\u2019s already conquered.<\/p>\n

12:05, 20 Oct 2025Updated 12:06, 20 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

\"Treble-winningTreble-winning Hull KR coach Willie Peters is embracing his new role ahead of the historic Ashes series in England.<\/p>\n

Hull KR treble-winning coach Willie Peters is ready to embrace the role of pantomime villain when Australia take on England in the Ashes series, which kicks off this Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 46-year-old has joined Kevin Walters\u2019 Kangaroos coaching staff for the three-Test series in London, Liverpool and Leeds, after guiding Hull KR<\/a> to a historic season in 2025.<\/p>\n

Australia touched down in England last week and immediately ramped up preparations for the highly anticipated series, including opposed training sessions with France. Sydney Roosters head coach Trent Robinson has also been in London with the French national team.<\/p>\n

Peters is braced for a hostile reception when the series begins at Wembley on Saturday, with a UK record-breaking crowd expected<\/a>. Acting as Australia\u2019s inside man, he\u2019ll help shape a game plan against an England side made up largely of Super League stars he\u2019s already conquered.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know what I\u2019m getting myself into. They will give it to me, there\u2019s no doubt,\u201d Peters told The <\/a>Daily Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fans are going to hate me over here, but that\u2019s alright.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will give it to me in London and they will give it to me up there (in the north) but that\u2019s all part of rugby league<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peters will be coaching against some of his own Hull KR players in Mikey Lewis, Joe Burgess and Jez Litten – all try-scorers in their Grand Final triumph over Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Kangaroos have been tipped to name four debutants in their squad, including Brisbane Broncos star full-back Reece Walsh and former Wallabies representative Mark Nawaqanitawase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two nations last met in the 2017 World Cup final in Brisbane, where Australia edged England 6-0 in a fierce battle at Suncorp Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not here not to win,\u201d Peters added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve already had people congratulate me, whether they\u2019re from KR or other clubs, but they can\u2019t wish me luck. What they do well over here is support their team, whether it\u2019s club footy or internationals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hull KR boss will help shape a game plan against an England side made up largely of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20372,5903,20370,101,26317,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-215090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-hull-kr","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-league","tag-sports","tag-the-ashes","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}