Peter Sharp (born 16 July 1954) is an Australian professional rugby league coach. He was most recently the interim coach of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League.

Peter Sharp
Personal information
Born (1954-07-16) 16 July 1954 (age 70)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1999 Manly Sea Eagles 17 9 1 7 53
2000–02 Northern Eagles 76 30 1 45 39
2003 Manly Sea Eagles 24 7 0 17 29
2006–08 Hull F.C. 68 38 3 27 56
2014 Cronulla Sharks 16 4 0 12 25
Total 201 88 5 108 44
Source: [1][2]
As of 7 October 2017

Coaching career

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Sharp has been the head coach of the Northern Eagles and Manly-Warringah from 1999 to 2003. He has also been an assistant coach at the Parramatta Eels, Newcastle Knights and the Melbourne Storm.

Sharp signed with Hull F.C. in April 2006, on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[3] He replaced sacked coach John Kear.,[4] Sharp left the club in 2008 by mutual consent after the club won only 4 of their opening 14 games of the season.

In 2008 he switched to rugby union, joining Ulster as defence coach[5] until September 2009.[6]

Sharp joined Cronulla-Sutherland as assistant coach after the end of the 2011 season.[7] After the suspension handed to Shane Flanagan for twelve months for his role in the club's supplements scandal, Sharp was elevated to the role of caretaker coach, despite his reluctance to coach in the NRL again. He resigned from this role on 1 July 2014, with James Shepherd to assume this role until Flanagan returns from his suspension.[8]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Peter Sharp - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ Peter Sharp at the Rugby League Project
  3. ^ Hadfield, Dave (11 April 2006). "Hull appoint Sharp as new coach in place of Kear" (fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). Retrieved 14 January 2008.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Coaches and Captains". hullfc.com. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. ^ Gavin Mairs, "Peter has been Sharp man for Ulster: Matt", Belfast Telegraph, 11 December 2008
  6. ^ Brendan Fanning, "McLaughlin bringing fresh ideas to Ulster grind school", Irish Independent, 6 September 2009
  7. ^ "Peter Sharp Joins Sharks Coaching Staff". www.sharks.com.au. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  8. ^ Peter Sharp resigns as Cronulla Sharks NRL coach as season goes from bad to worse, ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 1 July 2014
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Shane Flanagan
2010–2013
Coach
 
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

2014
Succeeded by
James Shepherd (caretaker)
2014
Preceded by
None
Coach
 
Northern Eagles

2000–2002
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Bob Fulton
1993–1999
Coach
 
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

1999, 2003
Succeeded by
Des Hasler
2004–2011