Richard Agar

Richard Agar (born 20 January 1972) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

Richard Agar
Personal information
Full nameRichard Agar
Born (1972-01-20) 20 January 1972
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–9? Dewsbury
199?–98 Featherstone Rovers
1999–00 Dewsbury Rams
2001 Widnes Vikings 16 2 13 3 37
2002 Rochdale Hornets
2003 Featherstone Rovers 18+5 4 1 2 20
Total 39 6 14 5 57
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2003–04 York City Knights
2006 Hull F.C. 4 3 0 1 75
2008–11 Hull F.C. 104 47 1 56 45
2012–14 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 77 30 2 46 39
2019– Leeds Rhinos 36 21 0 15 58
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2013–15 France 11 5 0 6 45
As of 3 January 2021
Source: [1][2][3]

He played at club level for the Dewsbury (Rams) (two spells), the Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 823) (two spells), the Widnes Vikings (Heritage No.) and the Rochdale Hornets, and has coached at representative level for France, and at club level for the York City Knights, Hull F.C. (two spells, initially as Assistant Coach), the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and Warrington Wolves (First Team Coach c. 2014…2015).[1][2][3]

Background

Richard Agar's birth was registered in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He is the son of the rugby league footballer and coach; Allan Agar.[2]

Playing career

Agar played for Featherstone Rovers, Dewsbury Rams and Widnes Vikings, where he played 16 games in 2001 and won an Northern Ford Premiership Grand Final winners medal, but he turned down the opportunity to play for Widnes Vikings in 2002's Super League VII.

Agar made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Sunday 16 June 2002, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 2003 season.

He spent four years as assistant coach at Hull F.C. under John Kear and Peter Sharp. In 2008 Hull F.C. appointed Richard Agar as their Head Coach following the departure of Sharp.[4]

In September 2011 it was announced that Agar had signed a three-year deal with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and will become their head coach following the end of the 2011 season.[5]

In February 2013, it was announced that Agar would coach France for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.[6] Agar coached France to the World Cup Quarter-Final

On 2 June 2014, Agar quit his job with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats with immediate effect and had been replaced by his assistant James Webster.[7][8] On 10 June 2014, it was confirmed Agar will become first team coach of Warrington Wolves for 2015 Super League season working alongside Tony Smith.[9]

On 29 August 2016, Agar resigned as head coach of the French national team. It is believed he left because new Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII president Marc Palanques wants a Frenchman to coach the national team.[10]

On 17 October 2020, he coached Leeds in the 2020 Challenge Cup Final victory over Salford at Wembley Stadium.[11]

References
  1. "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. "Coaches and Captains". hullfc.com. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. "Wakefield Wildcats appoint Hull FC's Richard Agar". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  6. "France appoint Wakefield boss Richard Agar as new head coach". Sky Sports. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  7. "Agar replaced by Webster". Superleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  8. "Super League: Richard Agar steps down as Wakefield coach". Sky Sports. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  9. "Warrington Wolves: Richard Agar to join Tony Smith's staff". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  10. "Agar departs France job". LOVERUGBYLEAGUE. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  11. "Leeds beat Salford 17-16 after Luke Gale lands late winning drop-goal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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