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Castleford Tigers’ head coach Danny McGuire admitted that leaving the Leeds rhinos in 2017 to continue his career as a sensational player “the injured”.
McGuire was at the rhinos of a child and played 426 games for the club, marking 267 tries and playing on 18 seasons in Headingley.
In a career in charge of trophy, he picked up eight grand finale trophies, three shields of league leaders, two challenges and three challenges in the world.
In addition to these, he had a whole series of individual honors, including the Harry Sunderland 2017 trophy in a performance of the match man in the grand final in his last match for the club, scoring two tries and cutting a goal.
It was an imposing performance of a player en route to Hull Kr, a club in which he would play for two seasons before retiring and joining coaches.
On the bench podcast, McGuire admitted that he had not planned to leave the Rhinos of Leeds and that his performance in the grand final was a reaction to the club letting him go to the request of the head coach Brian McDermott.
“I think back when I left Leeds and I was devastated. I supposed that I would be in Leeds all my life. I will never leave,” said McGuire.
“I would have a job there until the age of 65. This is how I saw my rugby career and my life in a way when it didn’t work like that.
“It was not bad terms, but it probably did not end what I would have liked.
“I’m talking about Gary Hetherington and Brian McDermott. Brian was not so interesting that I continue, but I guess Gary had to support the coach, which I recommend.
“I was injured and I guess that’s why I ended up playing so well in 2017 because it was my way of going, you know, I’m going to show you.
“Obviously, we came out and we ended up winning the grand finale and I knew basically that I had a little more to do.
“I think when you play for Leeds, there is always pressure, but you know, you know.
“I had the impression of being under pressure since the age of 10. When I signed for Leeds for the first time and I remember having to go everyone, playing for East Leeds and going to all the clubs and everyone would say: ‘Oh, he signed for Leeds’ and they would all try to denigrate me.
“So I was doing such a young age and it was really only another challenge, where someone had somehow decided that I was not the only one and I thought, well, I will show you.
“But obviously, I had all the KR trip on the back and I would not change anything now.
“You know, rugby was really difficult for two years at KR and it was from top to bottom. We had a good time, but then the coaching and what I learned and the people I met at the back of this, I would not change that.”
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Castleford Tigers’ head coach Danny McGuire was perplexed by the performance of his team in their defeat against Wakefield Trinity.
Leave KR: I saw myself as part of the long -term process
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Highlights of Castleford’s confrontation with Hull Kr in the Super League
Once his playing career for the Robins is over, McGuire joined the Tony Smith’s assistant coach and was an interim coach after his departure.
In 2023, he returned to his role as assistant coach under the current head coach Willie Peters and had signed a contract which would maintain him in Hull until 2025.
However, McGuire left the club towards the end of the 2023 season while Peters began to build his own coach unit.
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Castleford Tigers’ head coach Danny McGuire was left frustrated after his team fell to home defeat against Hull FC.
“It was difficult because I really enjoyed it and I thought I was part of this long -term process that the club had spoken,” added McGuire,
“And again, I saw myself in this trip. We were improving, we had changed the environment, we had better players around. And Tony Smith entered and we started to see an improvement in the semi-finals of a challenge cup.
“And the club improved, more sponsorship. And I felt like I had a decent influence on this subject. I had played my role in there.
“I loved it, I really enjoyed the year with Will. I really really enjoyed it.
“My first part of the coaching, just his work ethics and the way he did things and his passion, his commitment, his details. So it was such a good year. And he works hard his assistants, he demands.
“There were a few things that happened that you know, just differences in opinions on things and that happens, I think, in coaching and in life and in sport. And I felt, you know, it was good. We worked together for the rest of the year.
“It’s just a little sheltered from blue, really. I’m cool with that now. I think it was probably more timing than more disappointing.
“It was at the last minute. Yes, it was just before the eliminatory match against Leigh. I think it could have been done a little better.
“But again, I understand and I’m cool. How was it done? It was just” Look, we are going in a different way “. It was Paul Lakin and Willie.
“It was difficult, but it’s sport and I think, you know, it happens, isn’t it?”
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