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HE was sacked as coach of NRL wooden-spooners Parramatta in July, but the Broncos believe former Kiwi Test forward Stephen Kearney is the right man to help steer Brisbane to a premiership in 2013.
In what is being hailed as a significant coup, the New Zealand Test coach will join the Broncos' staff at the end of the month, replacing club legend Allan Langer, who has moved into the commercial side of operations.
Kearney, who has signed a two-year deal, will join Kristian Woolf as an assistant coach to Anthony Griffin at the Broncos, who finished eighth this season before being eliminated by the Cowboys in the first week of the finals.
In camp with the Kiwi side in Cairns yesterday, Kearney told The Sunday Mail he wanted to be a head coach again.
"I had five years with Craig Bellamy at the Melbourne Storm and after that I thought I was ready for the chance to be a first-grade coach," Kearney said.
"But I bit off more than I could chew with Parramatta. In saying that, I take a lot of positives out of the experience and it has steeled me for the next part of my journey.
"In some respects it is a case of getting back to basics, and trying to play a key role at a successful club."
Kearney played under Griffin at Melbourne Storm in 2002 when Griffin was an assistant to then Storm head coach Mark Murray.
Griffin said yesterday it was important to appoint an experienced coach to replace Langer.
"Stephen has won Four Nations and World Cup titles as coach of the Kiwis, and was involved with premiership victories at the Storm," Griffin said. "The fact his experience has been gained outside the history and culture of this club means he brings a new point of view to our coaching department.
"Things didn't work out in his two years at Parramatta, but that's the way it goes in coaching sometimes. In his first six months at the Eels he made a lot of positive changes, particularly with the side's defence.
"Steve has a terrific work ethic and is passionate about coaching. It's still very early in his career and he has a hunger for success."
At Friday's Broncos presentation ball, Griffin said there was a feeling of disappointment in the playing and coaching ranks because they realised they had not met the standards they had set. However he did not promise a quick fix.
"We stumbled at the final hurdle and that's the main reason we feel disappointment," he said. "We know we can do better.
"So the standards we didn't deliver on we will work on from November 5 (when training resumes) and we will get on with the journey of achieving what we want to achieve.
"It won't be easy and ... it won't come quickly. But it will come."
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HE was sacked as coach of NRL wooden-spooners Parramatta in July, but the Broncos believe former Kiwi Test forward Stephen Kearney is the right man to help steer Brisbane to a premiership in 2013.
In what is being hailed as a significant coup, the New Zealand Test coach will join the Broncos' staff at the end of the month, replacing club legend Allan Langer, who has moved into the commercial side of operations.
Kearney, who has signed a two-year deal, will join Kristian Woolf as an assistant coach to Anthony Griffin at the Broncos, who finished eighth this season before being eliminated by the Cowboys in the first week of the finals.
In camp with the Kiwi side in Cairns yesterday, Kearney told The Sunday Mail he wanted to be a head coach again.
"I had five years with Craig Bellamy at the Melbourne Storm and after that I thought I was ready for the chance to be a first-grade coach," Kearney said.
"But I bit off more than I could chew with Parramatta. In saying that, I take a lot of positives out of the experience and it has steeled me for the next part of my journey.
"In some respects it is a case of getting back to basics, and trying to play a key role at a successful club."
Kearney played under Griffin at Melbourne Storm in 2002 when Griffin was an assistant to then Storm head coach Mark Murray.
Griffin said yesterday it was important to appoint an experienced coach to replace Langer.
"Stephen has won Four Nations and World Cup titles as coach of the Kiwis, and was involved with premiership victories at the Storm," Griffin said. "The fact his experience has been gained outside the history and culture of this club means he brings a new point of view to our coaching department.
"Things didn't work out in his two years at Parramatta, but that's the way it goes in coaching sometimes. In his first six months at the Eels he made a lot of positive changes, particularly with the side's defence.
"Steve has a terrific work ethic and is passionate about coaching. It's still very early in his career and he has a hunger for success."
At Friday's Broncos presentation ball, Griffin said there was a feeling of disappointment in the playing and coaching ranks because they realised they had not met the standards they had set. However he did not promise a quick fix.
"We stumbled at the final hurdle and that's the main reason we feel disappointment," he said. "We know we can do better.
"So the standards we didn't deliver on we will work on from November 5 (when training resumes) and we will get on with the journey of achieving what we want to achieve.
"It won't be easy and ... it won't come quickly. But it will come."
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news...brisbane-broncos/story-fnek2r3y-1226490111947
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