The North Queensland Cowboys have made an fascinating addition to their teaching ranks, signing former NRL star James Maloney as an assistant on a two-year contract.
The 37-year-old retired from the sport as a participant simply this 12 months, together with his final skilled sport coming for Lezignan within the French Elite One competitors.
Maloney had a player-coach function with Lezignan since becoming a member of the membership on the finish of 2021.
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Prior to that, Maloney performed in 247 NRL video games for the Storm, Roosters, Sharks, Warriors and Panthers from 2009-2020 earlier than showing in 42 video games with Catalans within the UK Super League (2020-2021).
The stylish playmaker received two premierships with the Roosters in 2013 and Sharks in 2016, the latter alongside present Cowboys Valentine Holmes and Chad Townsend.
Maloney will specialize in assault on the Cowboys on Todd Payten’s employees, working alongside one other new assistant coach to the membership within the skilled Justin Morgan.
He can be tasked with attempting to turnaround the type of the Cowboys’ halves, who had an underwhelming 2023 marketing campaign.
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“We are excited at the prospect of the new dimension James will add to our program,” Cowboys General Manager of Football Micheal Luck mentioned in a club-issued assertion.
“With an experienced assistant in Justin Morgan coming on board this year, we made the decision to target a younger coach with recent experience on the field to focus on our attack.
“We met with Jimmy in Townsville last week and we were impressed with how he presented and the ideas he had to improve our team.
“He will be an excellent sounding board for our spine, in particular our young halves in Tom Dearden, Tom Duffy and Jake Clifford.”
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