Steve McNamara
Personal information
Nickname	Macca
Born	September 18, 1971 (1971-09-18) (age 38)
	Hull, England
Playing information
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1989–96	Hull F.C.	?	?	?	?	?
1996–00	Bradford Bulls	110	14	349	7	761
2000	Wakefield	17	2	32	0	72
2001–03	Huddersfield Giants	50	3	133	1	279
	Total
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1992–99	Great Britain	4	0	0	0	0
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2004–06	Bradford Bulls Academy
2006–	Bradford Bulls	104
	Total	104	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2007	Great Britain (assistant)	4
2008–Present	England (assistant)	2
Source: RLP

Steve McNamara is the coach of Bradford Bulls rugby league team who play in Super League, and is also the Great Britain assistant coach.

Contents 1 International Honours 2 Playing career 3 Coaching career 4 References 5 External links

[edit] International Honours

Steve McNamara won caps for England while at Hull in 1995 against Wales (sub), and France, while at Bradford Bulls in 1996 against France, in 1999 against France (2 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while at Hull in 1992 against France (sub), in 1993 against France (sub), and while at Bradford Bulls in 1997 against Australia (SL) (2 matches) (sub).^[1]

[edit] Playing career

A former Great Britain international, Steve joined Hull from local amateur side Skirlaugh at the age of 17 and spent seven years with the Airlie Birds, before moving to Bradford in 1996, where he was the main goal kicker and kicked over 319 goals. McNamara was released from the Bulls in 2000 and joined Wakefield and Huddersfield before joining the coaching staff at Odsal at the end of the 2003 season. Since joining the coaching staff at Bradford, he has been named as Bradford Bulls Coach following the departure of Brian Noble. Bradford Bulls fans are becoming increasingly frustrated with his teams lacklustre performances since taking over the reigns in 2006 and a rapidly growing number are now demanding a change of head coach.

[edit] Coaching career

He Coached the Bulls Senior Academy to Grand Final success in his first year as a Coach at the club.

On the 20th of April 2006 Steve was promoted to Head coach of the Bradford Bulls^[2] following Brian Noble's departure to the Wigan Warriors. At the time he was the youngest coach in Britain.

In his first season in charge, he guided the Bulls to the Super League playoffs before the club were knocked out of the grand final eliminator by Hull FC

McNamara was appointed Great Britain assistant coach on 30 April 2007.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• England battle to French wins
• 2001 Super League Team-by-team guide

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