Darren Abram
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Darren Abram is am English rugby league
coach, formerly of Leigh Centurions
and Rochdale Hornets
.
Abram cut his coaching teeth with Chorley Lynx
in National League Two and was taken on by Leigh Centurions, with a view to taking them into the Super League
, in October 2003. He accomplished this in his first season as Leigh beat Whitehaven in a dramatic NL1 Grand Final. Leigh's Super League season of 2005, however, proved a disaster and the club were relegated after winning just two games, with Abram leaving in August 2005. He was appointed Rochdale coach in November 2005, as successor to Bobbie Goulding
, who resigned two weeks earlier.
Abram parted company from Rochdale Hornets in July 2007.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
coach, formerly of Leigh Centurions
Leigh Centurions
Leigh Centurions is an English professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester who play in the Co-operative Championship.The club was founded in 1878 as Leigh Rugby Football Club and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in...
and Rochdale Hornets
Rochdale Hornets
Rochdale Hornets RLFC is an English professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. They currently play in Championship One...
.
Abram cut his coaching teeth with Chorley Lynx
Blackpool Panthers
Blackpool & The Fylde Panthers RLFC was an English professional rugby league club based in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. They played at Woodlands Memorial Ground owned by Fylde rugby union club...
in National League Two and was taken on by Leigh Centurions, with a view to taking them into the Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
, in October 2003. He accomplished this in his first season as Leigh beat Whitehaven in a dramatic NL1 Grand Final. Leigh's Super League season of 2005, however, proved a disaster and the club were relegated after winning just two games, with Abram leaving in August 2005. He was appointed Rochdale coach in November 2005, as successor to Bobbie Goulding
Bobbie Goulding
Bobbie Goulding is an English rugby league football coach and former player. He is currently the French national team's head coach....
, who resigned two weeks earlier.
Abram parted company from Rochdale Hornets in July 2007.