{"id":507838,"date":"2026-04-01T22:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507838\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T22:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:25:14","slug":"adrian-lams-message-to-willie-peters-after-hull-kr-boss-lands-png-chiefs-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507838\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Lam&#8217;s message to Willie Peters after Hull KR boss lands PNG Chiefs role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM11479.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leigh Leopards\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Following Willie Peters\u2019 appointment as the new PNG Chiefs head coach, Leigh Leopards boss Adrian Lam has sent a message to the Hull KR coach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-willie-peters-reveals-emotional-meeting-with-hull-kr-players-as-motivations-of-nrl-job-explained-114003\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peters will leave the Robins at the end of the season<\/a> to give himself a full 12 months to prepare for the Chiefs\u2019 inaugural season in the NRL.<\/p>\n<p>The former South Sydney assistant has been vocal about his desire to coach in the Oceanic competition, and will now get that chance, doing so with the backing of one of PNG\u2019s best ever rugby league players.<\/p>\n<p>Lam, who himself had been linked with the head coach role, represented his country both as an international player and coach, so knows exactly what it means to be in Peters\u2019 shoes.<\/p>\n<p>The Leigh boss was asked by\u00a0Serious About Rugby League\u00a0in his weekly press conference today [Wednesday] what it meant for the country to have Peters as the Chiefs\u2019 man at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Lam said: \u201cI think Willie certainly deserved an opportunity to coach at his choice. For the country, it\u2019s an incredible opportunity they\u2019ve got as a country to enter that NRL in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s a lot of work to do there and all the best to him with how that unfolds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peters\u2019 appointment will be music to the ears of Leopards fans, as it means their current coach could stick around for a while longer.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if there was any sort of pressure relief now that his name is out of the rumour mill, Lam coolly replied: \u201cThat hasn\u2019t bothered me one bit, to be honest. I\u2019ve got other things to worry about rather than whether my name\u2019s in the hat with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a day-to-day proposition here, as I said, and we\u2019re just trying to work hard here to get us back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Willie Peters, Brad Arthur\u2019s Leeds Rhinos future, RTS and Rivals Round previewed \u2013 <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vVwoeWHL-xY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following Willie Peters\u2019 appointment as the new PNG Chiefs head coach, Leigh Leopards boss Adrian Lam has sent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-507838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507838","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=507838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}