Past Coaches & Captains
Below is a list of every head coach and captain to represent the club since 1895 and the split of Rugby Union and Rugby League.
Coaches
- 1895 to 1900 - J.Gray (Attendant)
- 1900 to 1903 - W Wright, C Hunter (Trainers)
- 1903 to 1908 - H Coates (Trainer)
- 1908 to 1912 - J Lewis (Trainer)
- 1912 to 1927 - Sid Melville (Trainer)
- 1927 to 1931 - Edgar Wrigley (Trainer)
- 1931 to 1946 - Eddie Caswell (Trainer)
- 1946 to 1949 - Ted Tattersfield (Trainer)
- 1949 to 1950 - Joe Oliver (Coach)
- 1950 to 1963 - Roy Francis (Coach)
- 1963 to 1970 - Johnny Whiteley (Coach)
- 1970 to 1971 - Ivor Watts (Coach)
- 1971 to 1973 - Roy Francis (Team manager)
- 1972 to 1973 - David Doyle-Davidson (Coach)
- 1973 to 1974 - Clive Sullivan (Coach)
- 1974 to 1977 - David Doyle-Davidson (Coach)
- 1978 to 1985 - Arthur Bunting (Team manager)
- 1985 to 1986 - Ken Foulkes (Team manager)
- 1986 to 1988 - Len Casey (Team manager)
- 1988 to 1988 - Tony Dean and Keith Hepworth (Joint)
- 1988 to 1990 - Brian Smith (Team manager)
- 1991 to 1992 - Noel Cleal (Team manager)
- 1992 to 1994 - Royce Simmons (Team manager)
- 1994 to 1994 - Tony Gordon (Team manager)
- 1994 to 1995 - Phil Windley and Russ Walker (Joint)
- 1995 to 1995 - Phil Windley (Coach)
- 1996 to 1997 - Phil Sigsworth (Manager)
- 1997 to 1999 - Peter Walsh (Manager)
- 1999 to 1999 - Steve Crooks (Manager)
- 2000 to 2004 - Shaun McRae (Head Coach and DoR)
- 2005 to 2006 - John Kear (Head Coach)
- 2006 to 2008 - Peter Sharp (Head Coach)
- 2008 to 2011 - Richard Agar (Head Coach)
- 2011 to 2013 - Peter Gentle (Head Coach)
- 2013 to 2020 - Lee Radford (Head Coach)
- 2020 to 2020 - Andy Last (Interim Head Coach)
- 2021 to 2022 - Brett Hodgson (Head Coach)
- 2023-2024 - Tony Smith (Head Coach)
- 2024 - Simon Grix (Interim Head Coach)
- 2025 - John Cartwright (Head Coach)
Captains
- 1895 to 1896 - Cyril Lempriere
- 1896 to 1897 - Charlie Townend
- 1897 to 1898 - Cyril Lempriere
- 1898 to 1900 - Herbert Wiles
- 1900 to 1901 - Jack Townend
- 1901 to 1902 - Tom Stitt
- 1902 to 1904 - Harry Taylor
- 1904 to 1905 - Jack Ritson
- 1905 to 1906 - James Harrison
- 1906 to 1907 - A.E. Freer
- 1907 to 1909 - Harry Taylor
- 1909 to 1910 - Billy Anderson
- 1910 to 1912 - George Connell
- 1912 to 1913 - Ed Rogers, Billy Anderson, Herbert Gilbert
- 1913 to 1915 - Herbert Gilbert
- 1915 to 1919 - Billy Batten
- 1919 to 1921 - Jim Kennedy
- 1921 to 1922 - Jim Kennedy, Billy Stone
- 1922 to 1923 - Billy Stone
- 1923 to 1924 - Edgar Morgan
- 1924 to 1925 - Jim Kennedy
- 1925 to 1928 - Eddie Caswell
- 1928 to 1930 - Harold Bowman
- 1930 to 1931 - Joe Oliver
- 1931 to 1933 - George Bateman
- 1933 to 1936 - Joe Oliver
- 1936 to 1939 - Harold Ellerington
- 1939 to 1945 - No fixed captain
- 1945 to 1946 - Charlie Booth
- 1946 to 1947 - Freddie Miller
- 1947 to 1948 - Ernie Lawrence
- 1948 to 1949 - George Watt
- 1949 to 1950 - Ernie Lawrence
- 1950 to 1955 - Roy Francis
- 1955 to 1957 - Mick Scott
- 1957 to 1965 - Johnny Whiteley
- 1965 to 1971 - Arthur Keegan
- 1971 to 1974 - Clive Sullivan
- 1974 to 1975 - Chris Davidson
- 1975 to 1978 - Brian Hancock
- 1978 to 1980 - Vince Farrar
- 1980 to 1981 - Steve Norton, Charlie Stone
- 1981 to 1985 - David Topliss
- 1985 to 1987 - Lee Crooks
- 1987 to 1990 - Dane O’Hara
- 1990 to 1992 - Greg Mackey
- 1992 to 1994 - Russ Walker
- 1994 to 1996 - Steve McNamara
- 1996 - Gary Divorty
- 1997 - Andy Fisher
- 1998 - Alan Hunte, Gary Lester
- 1999 - Karl Harrison
- 2000 to 2001 - Tony Grimaldi
- 2002 to 2004 - Jason Smith
- 2005 to 2006 - Richard Swain
- 2007 to 2009 - Lee Radford
- 2010 - Sean Long
- 2011 - Craig Fitzgibbon
- 2012 - Andy Lynch
- 2013 to 2017 - Gareth Ellis
- 2018 to 2021 - Danny Houghton
- 2021 - Danny Houghton, Scott Taylor, Marc Sneyd
- 2022 - Luke Gale
- 2023 - Carlos Tuimavave
- 2024 - Danny Houghton
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