Richard Agar
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Agar | |||||
| Nickname | Hagar, Radar | |||||
| Born | 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 | |||||
| 2002 | Rochdale Hornets | |||||
| 2003 | Featherstone Rovers | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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. | 96 | 43 | 1 | 52 | 45 |
| 2012–14 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 36 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 44 |
| Total | 136 | 62 | 2 | 72 | 46 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2013–15 | France | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 44 |
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Richard Agar is an English rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of France. Richard is the son of retired player coach Allan Agar.
Agar played for Featherstone Rovers, Dewsbury and Widnes, where he played 16 games in 2001 and won an NFP Grand Final winners medal. He spent four years as assistant coach at Hull under John Kear and Peter Sharp. In 2008 Hull appointed Richard Agar as their Head Coach following the departure of Sharp.[1]
In September 2011 it was announced that Agar had signed a three-year deal with Wakefield Trinity and will become their head coach following the end of the 2011 season.[2]
In February 2013, it was announced that Richard Agar would coach France for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.[3] Agar coached France to the World Cup Quarter-Final
On 2 June 2014, Richard quit his job with immediate effect and had been replaced by his assistant James Webster.[4][5] On 10 June 2014, it was confirmed Agar will become first team coach of Warrington for 2015 Super League season working alongside Tony Smith.[6]
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.[7]
References
- ↑ hullfc.com. "Coaches and Captains". History. Hull FC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ↑ "Wakefield Wildcats appoint Hull FC's Richard Agar". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ↑ "France appoint Wakefield boss Richard Agar as new head coach". Sky Sports. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ↑ "Agar replaced by Webster". Superleague.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ↑ "Super League: Richard Agar steps down as Wakefield coach". Sky Sports. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ↑ "Warrington Wolves: Richard Agar to join Tony Smith's staff". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Agar departs France job". LOVERUGBYLEAGUE. Retrieved 29 August 2016.