Michael Monaghan

Michael Monaghan
Personal information
Born (1980-05-13) 13 May 1980
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Playing information
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) [1]
Position Hooker, Halfback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001–03 Canberra Raiders 31 7 0 1 29
2004–07 Manly Sea Eagles 95 17 2 7 79
2008–14 Warrington Wolves 167 17 0 2 70
Total 293 41 2 10 178
Source: [2][3][4]

Michael Monaghan (born 13 May 1980) is an assistant coach with Wakefield Trinity in the Super League[5] and an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Canberra Raiders and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League, and for the Warrington Wolves in the European Super League.[2][3][6]

Career

Monaghan playing for Warrington

He played with the Canberra Raiders from 2001 to 2003.[7]

Monaghan joined Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2004 as halfback/scrum-half, but changed to hooker at the start of the 2006 season due to the purchase of halfback/scrum-half Matt Orford from Melbourne Storm.[6]

He played in the 2007 NRL grand final defeat by Melbourne Storm.[8]

The 27-year-old joined Manly teammate Chris Hicks in moving to Warrington Wolves for 2008's Super League XIII.[9]

In March 2009 rumours emerged linking him with his former club Canberra and playing alongside brother Joel Monaghan again.[7]

Monaghan played for Warrington in the 2009 and 2010 Challenge Cup Final victories over Huddersfield Giants and Leeds respectively, winning the Lance Todd Trophy in the former.[10] In May 2014, Monaghan announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.[11]

He then joined the Catalans Dragons as assistant coach for the 2015 season[12] and took temporary charge in 2017 with fellow assistant Jerome Guisset following the French club's decision to part company with head coach Laurent Frayssinous.

Awards

  • 2006 Ken Stephen award.
  • 2009 Lance Todd Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics at superleague.co.uk". superleague.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "MMichael Monaghan named Wakefield Trinity assistant coach". BBC. 2017-05-24.
  6. 1 2 Profile at Warrington Wolves site Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. 1 2 David Jean (2009-03-12). "Canberra pursuing homesick halfback". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  8. ↑ "Factfile on 2007 grand final". The Daily Telegraph. 2008-09-29.
  9. ↑ "Warrington sign Manly wing Hicks". BBC. 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  10. ↑ "Leeds 6-30 Warrington". BBC. 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  11. ↑ "Michael Monaghan: Warrington hooker announces retirement". BBC Sport. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Monaghan takes reins at Catalan Dragons". sbs. 2017-05-24.
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