Daniel Anderson (rugby league)

Daniel Anderson

Personal information
Born	3 May 1967 (1967-05-03) (age 44) Australia
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2001–2004	NZ Warriors	92	51	2	39	55
2005–2008	St Helens	77	57	0	20	74
2009–2010	Parramatta	27	15	1	11	56
	Total	196	123	3	70	63
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2004–2005	New Zealand	8	1	1	6	13
As of 27 September 2009
Source: Rugby League Project

Daniel Anderson (born 3 May 1967) is an Australian rugby league football coach. Anderson previously coached in Australia, New Zealand and England and is particularly noted for his work with the development of younger players.

Early years

Anderson began his coaching career in 1999 at the Parramatta Eels working his way up to Premier League coach before being made assistant coach to Brian Smith in 2000.^[1]

New Zealand Warriors

In 2001, Anderson was a surprise choice for coach of the New Zealand Warriors. He had amazing success, taking them to their first finals series in 2001 and their first Grand Final in 2002, losing to the Sydney Roosters. The 2002 Dally M Coach of the Year was awarded to Anderson. He took the Warriors to another Finals series in 2003, the same year he replaced Gary Freeman as head coach of the New Zealand Kiwis.^[2]

Anderson resigned from the Warriors in June 2004 after a bad start to the season; winning only three out of eleven games.^[3] Anderson retained his position as coach of the New Zealand Kiwis until June 2005.

St Helens

He was appointed the coach of St Helens RLFC in 2005, succeeding the previous coach Ian Millward who had been sacked by the club. He left the position at the end of the 2008 Super League season, returning to Australia.

In August 2006, St Helens won the Rugby League Challenge Cup after beating Huddersfield Giants 42–12 at Twickenham in the final. The club then went on to win the 2006 Grand Final.

In December 2006, Anderson was rewarded for St Helens' dominance throughout the season when he won the BBC Coach of the Year Award. This was the first time a rugby league coach had received the award. He was also named Super League's coach of the year in 2006 and again in 2007.

In February 2007, Anderson won the World Club Challenge with St Helens, defeating Australian champions, the Brisbane Broncos.

He then went on to coach St Helens to win the 2007 Challenge Cup final, defeating the Catalans Dragons 30–8 at the new Wembley Stadium.

St Helens made it to the 2007 Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford against the Leeds Rhinos, but they lost 33–6.

In August 2008 Anderson won the Rugby League Challenge Cup with St Helens for a third successive year beating Hull FC 28–16 at Wembley Stadium.

He is the brother-in-law of current Hull KR coach Justin Morgan.

He coached St Helens in their loss to the Leeds Rhinos in the 2008 Super League Grand Final.^[4]

Parramatta Eels

n the 17 November 2008 Anderson was announced as the Head Coach of the Parramatta Eels NRL squad for three years, beginning in 2009. He guided the Eels to a remarkable 2009 National Rugby League Grand Final from a position where after 18 rounds the Eels were tipped 150/1 to win the NRL. On 25 September 2010, it was announced that Anderson's contract had been terminated with immediate effect by the club, who replaced him with Stephen Kearney.

Honours

Dally M Coach of the Year 2002

NRL Grand Finalist 2002 , 2009

Challenge Cup Winner 2006 , 2007 , 2008

Super League Grand Final Winner 2006

BBC Coach of the Year 2006

World Club Challenge Winner 2007

References

1. ^ "Factbox on grand final coaches" (fee required). AAp Sports News Australia. 2002-09-30. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-68007157.html. Retrieved 2007-12-03. 
2. ^ Daniel Anderson celebrityspeakers.com.au
3. ^ "Warriors coach Anderson quits" (fee required). AAP Sports News Australia. 2004-06-03. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-95152695.html. Retrieved 2007-12-03. 
4. ^ "2008 Grand Final". BBC. 2008-10-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7642170.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 

External links

• Anderson plans home-coming

Preceded by Mark Graham 1999–2000	Coach New Zealand Warriors 2001–2004	Succeeded by Tony Kemp 2004–2005
Preceded by Gary Freeman	Coach New Zealand Kiwis 2003–2005	Succeeded by Brian McClennan
Preceded by Ian Millward 2000–2005	Coach St Helens RLFC 2005–2008	Succeeded by Mick Potter
Preceded by Michael Hagan 2007–2008	Coach Parramatta Eels 2009–2010	Succeeded by Stephen Kearney

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Name	Anderson, Daniel
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Date of birth	1967-05-03
Place of birth	Australia
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