Dane Dorahy () is an Australian
rugby league
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coach and former professional rugby league footballer.
He played as a , or in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for
Western Suburbs (
Heritage No. 1052) in the
NRL
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, the
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, betw ...
(
Heritage No. 1165) and
Halifax (
Heritage No. 1172) in
Super League
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, and the
Rochdale Hornets
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and
Hull Kingston Rovers
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(
Heritage No. 1013) in the
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
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.
Background
Dorahy is the son of former international rugby league player and coach,
John Dorahy
John Kevin Dorahy (born 28 August 1954), also known by the nickname of "Joe Cool", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played in the Australian New South Wales Rugby League premiership and also represented ...
.
Coaching career
Dorahy took up a coaching role with the
Wests Tigers
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in 2007, where he spent two seasons, before moving to the
Illawarra Cutters
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.
In 2021, he took the head coach role for
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen pla ...
' reserve grade, where he took them from last position, to just missing out on Top 5.
2023 Dane became assistant coach / mentor for
St. George Illawarra Dragons
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' under-21s.
On 9 August 2023, the
Castleford Tigers
The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...
announced the appointment of Dorahy as an assistant coach on a short-term basis until the end of the season. He joined the Tigers alongside new head coach
Danny Ward following the departure of
Andy Last, and would work with existing coaches
Craig Lingard and
Scott Murrell. With six games remaining and Castleford level on points at the bottom of the table, the new coaching staff were tasked with securing
Super League
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status. Key victories against
Wakefield
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and
Hull FC
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saw the Tigers narrowly survive, and Dorahy departed following the conclusion of the season.
References
Sources
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External links
2001 Super League Team-by-team guide
1977 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Halifax R.L.F.C. players
Hull Kingston Rovers players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Rochdale Hornets players
Rugby league five-eighths
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league halfbacks
Wakefield Trinity players
Western Suburbs Magpies players
Western Suburbs Magpies NSW Cup players
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