Cameron Ciraldo has signed a five-year deal to take over as Canterbury head coach subsequent season.
Key factors:
- Cameron Ciraldo will depart his position on the Panthers on the finish of the season
- He has been the Bulldogs’ most well-liked selection as a long-term substitute for Trent Barrett
- Final yr, Ciraldo helped the Panthers win the NRL premiership
The in-demand Penrith assistant has helped mastermind the defending premiers’ climb to dominance below Ivan Cleary.
Nevertheless, Ciraldo has determined to take the step up into the pinnacle coach position on the Bulldogs after beforehand knocking again the Wests Tigers’ job.
Interim Bulldogs coach Mick Potter was eager to remain on after taking up from sacked coach Trent Barrett earlier this season.
Nevertheless, Canterbury basic supervisor of soccer Phil Gould wished Ciraldo — who has been in numerous teaching roles on the Panthers since 2014 — to fill the place.
Ciraldo’s arrival at Belmore will doubtless hold star playmaker Matt Burton on the membership.
Burton labored with Ciraldo on the Panthers earlier than linking up with the Bulldogs this season.
“Because the membership continues to construct for long-term, sustained success, we’re happy Cameron shares the imaginative and prescient of guaranteeing our soccer packages are best-in-class,” a Bulldogs membership assertion learn.
The Panthers confirmed Ciraldo would depart the membership on the finish of the season.
“On behalf of all at Panthers, we wish to congratulate Cameron for his appointment as an NRL head coach,” Panthers chief government Matt Cameron stated in an announcement.
“Though we’re saddened to see Cameron depart the membership on the finish of the season, we’re thrilled to see him progress to the subsequent chapter of his NRL teaching profession.
“A highly-respected member of the teaching employees, Cameron has performed his half in making our membership a supply of group satisfaction, and was influential in offering an surroundings for gamers to thrive.”
Ciraldo performed for Penrith, Newcastle and Cronulla throughout his 94-match NRL profession.
He completed up with the Panthers in 2013 and joined the membership’s teaching employees the next season as an assistant coach within the under-20s program.
Ciraldo later served because the Panthers’ under-20s head coach, earlier than turning into an assistant on the NRL stage.
He was defence coach when the Panthers gained final yr’s premiership, whereas he was caretaker head coach in 2018 after the membership parted methods with Anthony Griffin.
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