Peter Sharp
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Peter Sharp is an Australia
n professional rugby league
coach. He is currently the assistant coach of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in Australia's National Rugby League
.
Sharp has been the head coach of the Northern Eagles
and the Manly Sea Eagles
from 1999 to 2003 and has also been an assistant coach at the Parramatta Eels
, Newcastle Knights
and Melbourne Storm
.
Sharp signed with Hull in April 2006, on a two-and-a-half-year contract. He replaced sacked coach John Kear
. Sharp left the club in 2008 by mutual consent after the club won only 4 of their opening 14 games of the season.
Sharp joined the Cronulla Sharks as assistant coach after the end of the 2011 season.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional rugby league
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. He is currently the assistant coach of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in Australia's National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
.
Sharp has been the head coach of the Northern Eagles
Northern Eagles
The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team, that competed in the National Rugby League between 2000 and 2002. The club was formed during the rationalisation process of the NRL by the merger of the North Sydney Bears and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2000...
and the Manly Sea Eagles
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...
from 1999 to 2003 and has also been an assistant coach at the Parramatta Eels
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League...
, Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
and Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
.
Sharp signed with Hull in April 2006, on a two-and-a-half-year contract. He replaced sacked coach John Kear
John Kear
John Kear is an English rugby league coach and former rugby league player. Kear is currently the coach of Batley Bulldogs...
. Sharp left the club in 2008 by mutual consent after the club won only 4 of their opening 14 games of the season.
Sharp joined the Cronulla Sharks as assistant coach after the end of the 2011 season.