Kurt Haggerty (born 8 January 1989) is a professional

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coach who is the assistant coach for the Salford Red Devils in the

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. He played in the 2000s and 2010s as a and . As a player, he played for the Bradford Bulls,

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, Widnes Vikings and the

Barrow Raiders The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club was formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club. For the 1995–96 and 1996 seasons the club was known as Barrow Braves, becoming the Ba ...

at club level and

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at international level, and was part of the Ireland squad at the

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Background

He is the son of former St Helens player

Roy Haggerty Roy Haggerty (22 March 1960 – 22 April 2018) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played for St Helens, Barrow and Highfield who began his career playing as a before later playin ...

Playing career

Haggerty began his career at the

and played in the Championship for the Leigh Centurions, Widnes Vikings,

and the Bradford Bulls. He played one season in the

with the Widnes Vikings, making 14 appearances. He made his début for

in 2012 and was a member of the squad for the

, making one appearance from the bench at the tournament in their defeat by

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. At the end of the 2016 season Haggerty retired from playing at the age of 27 in order to take up a coaching role with Toronto Wolfpack.

Coaching career

In 2013 whilst a player for the Barrow Raiders, Haggerty was appointed head coach of leading amateur club,

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competing in the National Conference League in Division 3. In 2013 he led the team to promotion to Division 2. In 2014 he repeated this success with promotion to Division 1. On 17 October 2015, the team secured their 3rd consecutive promotion, to move into the Premier Division in 2016. In February 2016 he guided the team to their first ever Challenge Cup win over professional opposition, beating London Skolars 13-0 in the Third Round. Haggerty was appointed assistant coach of the Toronto Wolfpack for their inaugural season in 2016. On 2 June 2021, assistant coach Haggerty was made interim head coach of the

after

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left by mutual consent. Leigh had lost their opening eight matches at the time of his appointment. On 23 August 2021, Leigh recorded their first victory under Haggerty in the

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after losing the previous 16 matches in the competition beating Salford 32-22. Despite that, they were already relegated from Super League. Leigh finished the season with only two wins from 22 matches.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haggerty, Kurt 1989 births Living people Barrow Raiders players Blackpool Panthers players Bradford Bulls players English people of Irish descent English rugby league coaches English rugby league players Ireland national rugby league team players Irish rugby league players Leigh Leopards coaches Leigh Leopards players Pilkington Recs coaches Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside Rugby league second-rows Widnes Vikings players