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| Full name | Steven John Price | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-09-05)5 September 1977 (age 48) Revesby, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steven John Price (born 5 September 1977) is an Australian professionalrugby league football coach and former professional rugby league footballer.[3] He is currently with theCronulla-Sutherland Sharks as an assistant to head coachCraig Fitzgibbon.
He played as afive-eighth andlock for theSt. George Dragons and theBalmain Tigers.
He was the head coach for theSt. George Illawarra Dragons in theNRL between 2012 and May 2014, andWarrington Wolves in theSuper League between 2018 and 2021. He coachedSamoa between 2010 and 2013.
Price was born inRevesby, New South Wales, Australia. His junior rugby league club was theMilperra Colts.[4]
Price was part of theSt George Dragons team between 1996 and 1998, and part of theBalmain Tigers team in 1999. His positions of choice were atFive-Eighth and atlock. However two knee injuries ended his playing career early.[4]
Price began his coaching career with theSt. George Illawarra Dragons in 2002 as the Dragons'Jersey Flegg assistant coach.[5]
In 2003 he was the Dragons'Premier League assistant coach.
In 2004 Price was promoted and became the coach of the DragonsJersey Flegg team with whom he won the 2005 title.[6] During that premiership win, he coached well establishedrugby league footballers such as;Jason Nightingale,Josh Morris,Beau Ryan,Daryl Millard,George Ndaira,Chris Houston,Lee Te Maari,Charlie Leaeno,Danny Wicks and James Grehan.[7][8]
During the 2006 and 2007 season he was the head coach for the Dragons'Premier League team.
Throughout 2008 and 2009 Price was the head coach of the Under 20'sToyota Cup team in theNational Youth Competition. The team did not miss the finals series in either of his years in charge of the U20's side, however, his team did not win a premiership. In both 2008 and 2009 his team fell just one game short of a grand final appearance, losing in the preliminary finals in both years to theCanberra Raiders and subsequently theWests Tigers. However, his time at this level helped develop rugby league players that proved valuable to the NRL side, in juniors such as;Kyle Stanley,Cameron King, and 2010 NRL Premiership playerTrent Merrin.[citation needed]
In 2010 Price's coaching role for the unders 20s team was taken over byAdrian Lam and he was promoted to become the club's assistant coach underWayne Bennett, being part of the coaching staff when they won the2010 NRL Premiership.[citation needed]
In 2010 he was appointed to become the head coach of theSamoan national side. He was replaced in 2011 byDaniel Anderson.
In 2011 he coached the Dragons in their pre-season win against South Sydney in the 2011Charity Shield whileWayne Bennett was coaching theNRL All Stars.[9]
Ahead of the2011 World Club Challenge on 27 February 2011 atDW StadiumEngland against the 2010Super League premiers, theWigan Warriors, Bennett returned to Australia to be with his ill mother-in-law, leaving Price in charge. Dragons went on to win the game 21–15 in front of 24,268 fans.[10]
On 30 March 2011, it was confirmed that Price would be promoted to head coach on a two-year contract when current head coachWayne Bennett announced his departure.Upon departing from the Dragons; Bennett hailed the appointment of Price, who was one of only two staff he kept at the club when he took charge in 2009."I'm really proud for Steve that he's got the opportunity," he said."He deserves it. He's been a great assistant to me and he's got the respect of everybody there in the playing group so I'm elated for him."It's the way it should work.""He knows what works. He's seen it now, he's lived it," Bennett said."He'll have his personality, put his own pieces to it, but the end result is he knows what works.""There is no reason why he should be daunted by the task.""I wouldn't be if I was his age.""When I came to the Dragons there was only two staff that I kept here and he was one of them," Bennett said."I made a few inquiries and everywhere I went, the ex-players and current players, they all had a wrap on him. I'm as confident as I can be about anybody."[11]
Upon Price taking over the head coaching role, replacement staff were immediately hired to fill the void left by staff leaving with Wayne Bennett to theNewcastle Knights.Steve Folkes was appointed to become assistant coach. Former referees' bossRobert Finch a premiership winning player with theSt. George Dragons was appointed to be the new operations manager, taking over from Paul Massey.[12] Andrew Gray who has worked for the Dragons since 1999 as the headphysiotherapist will assume the role of High Performance Director which was left vacant by the departure of Jeremy Hickmans. Also joining the club's Performance Department to deliver its Speed and Acceleration Program in 2012 is Australian former gold medallist sprinterMatt Shirvington.[13]
In May 2014, following several embarrassing defeats to start the season, Price was dismissed as head coach of the Dragons,[14] and replaced by assistant coach,Paul McGregor, who was eventually employed full-time.
In October 2017, Super League club Warrington Wolves announced Price as head coach on a two-year deal.
He coached the Warrington Wolves in the2018 Challenge Cup Final defeat by theCatalans Dragons atWembley Stadium.[15]
He coached the Warrington Wolves in the2018 Super League Grand Final defeat by theWigan Warriors atOld Trafford.[16]
In 2019, he led Warrington to the2019 Challenge Cup Final victory overSt. Helens atWembley Stadium.[17]
In the2020 Super League season, Price guided Warrington to a third-placed finish on the table. However, they were eliminated from the first week of the playoffs losing toHull F.C.[18]
In the2021 Super League season, Warrington finished in third place on the table. However, just like the 2020 season, the club were eliminated from week one of the playoffs losing toHull Kingston Rovers 19–0. It was also the final game in charge for Price.[19]
Price resides in theSouthern Sydney suburb ofCaringbah.[20]
He is the brother ofWBUCruiserweight boxing championDanny Price.[21]
In an interview with theBBC in October 2018, Price stated being a supporter ofManchester City, with a particular admiration ofPep Guardiola.[22]
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