Rotherham Titans appoint new Head Coach

ROTHERHAM Titans have appointed Gary Pearce as their new head of coaching.

The 62-year-old joins with a wealth of experience having achieved dual-code international honours playing for Wales in both Rugby League and Rugby Union.

He won caps for Wales (RU) in 1981 and in 1982 and for Wales (RL) in the early 90s.

Pearce has also enjoyed success as a coach, having steered both Hull and Hull Ionians to promotion winning seasons.

Rotherham will hope he can have a comparable level of success at Clifton Lane having seen their chances of promotion from National Two North fade away this term.

Director of Rugby Martin Jenkinson said: "We are delighted to appoint Gary Pearce as heading up the coaching team.

"It's a first appointment because we need a team of coaches to get us back to where we want to be.

"Gary has got lots and lots of experience, being a former international himself, and his coaching career is littered with promotions.

"So we've asked Gary to come in and head it up and to put in place whatever is needed to make a good fist of this league and to eventually get us back into National One."

Rotherham's previous head coach, Adam Byron, left the club in November after a year in charge.

Mr Jenkinson said that the club intended to put together a new coaching team, the look of which was still to be determined, to work alongside the new man.

He added: "There is lots of optimism going forward and we are excited to get stuck in."

Titans are away to Tynedale on Saturday.

Report courtesy of Rotherham Advertiser Sport Twitter feed.

Edited by Rothman2 - 11 Jan 2023 at 13:09

To be fair Hull RFC appointed Mike Umaga as Director of Rugby only three days after this announcement. Mike as you know is one of the greatest ever players to wear our colours and is the brother of NZ legend Tana.

Mark W-J wrote: Joe Carlisle, formerly of Wasps, Worcester, London Welsh and Old Elthamians.  Just a coincidence

Before Gary Pearce joined Hull Ionians he had been 5 years with Hull RUFC firstly as a player/coach and later as Head Coach. He has just resigned again after seven years as DOR to complete 12 years with our 

Edited by Yogi - 12 Jan 2023 at 16:32

Rothman2 wrote: Sid. Firstly we are in National 2. The objective is firstly to get out of this league (in an upward trajectory) which isn’t going to happen this season. Secondly, I assume we will look at it from there, if and when we get back to that level.

Following on from the above:

backrowb wrote: I bet living in Jersey was lovey...............................

Edited by islander - 17 Oct 2023 at 11:46

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Edited by Rothman2 - 19 Oct 2023 at 23:54

Everything is very quiet and nobody is saying a deal so any comment would be pure speculation.

I once left a job by mutual agreement. It was mutually agreed that I be fired.