Coaches for the 2024 pathways teams have been confirmed.
Benji Marshall has shared his coaching blueprint with Wests Tigers’ new group of pathways mentors ahead of the 2024 NRL pre-season.
Marshall, who will be accompanied by assistant coaches Robbie Farah, Chris Heighington, and John Morris next season, held a pathways orientation session for the coaches of all Wests Tigers junior and senior representative teams for 2024 on Tuesday night at the Zurich Centre.
The presentation contained attack and defence plan instructions for the NRL squad, with these approaches then filtering through the club’s development teams.
Connecting with the club’s junior coaches, according to Marshall, is about developing consistency across the grades.
“When a young player comes through our rep teams and eventually makes it to the NRL, it’s important they know what we are about,” the coach stated.
Coach education, according to Matthew Betsey, General Manager Women’s and Pathways, is an important component of the club’s development ambitions.
“As a development club, our mission is to develop and retain the very best talent in our catchment areas, and that doesn’t just apply to players,” Betsey added.
“It’s vitally important that we not only have programmes in place to educate and develop players, but for our coaches as well.”
Betsey claims that the club’s trickle-down coaching system is already yielding results.
“So many of our NRL squad for next season have come through our pathways programmes, and many of these players will have been coached at some stage by one of our junior rep coaches,” he went on to say.
“It’s critical that they are familiar with the methods and style that are used at the NRL and NRLW levels when they transition to the NRL.”
“Our pathways coaches are so important to what we are building as a club long term.”
2024 Pathways Coaches:
| Pathways Team | Head Coach |
|---|---|
| Wests Magpies NSW Cup | Aaron Payne |
| Wests Tigers Jersey Flegg Cup | Leon Latulipe |
| Balmain Harold Matthews Cup | Tony Bazouni |
| Balmain SG Ball Cup | Chris Yates |
| Wests Harold Matthews Cup | Stephen Isdale |
| Wests SG Ball Cup | Joey Saukuru |
| Macarthur Wests Tigers Andrew Johns Cup | Harrison Fox |
| Macarthur Wests Tigers Laurie Daley Cup | Mitchell Tyler |
| Wests Tigers Lisa Fiaola Cup | Scott Clark |
| Wests Tigers Tarsha Gale Cup | Adel Hage |
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