Coaching roles at Warriors

Former Kiwis and NRL premiership winners Adam Blair and Slade Griffin have been named as head coaches of the Warriors’ two flagship pathways teams which will re-enter the New South Wales Cup and SG Ball Cup competitions next year. In confirming the return to the competitions after a Covid-enforced absence over the last three seasons, Warriors CEO Cameron George said NRL assistant coach Griffin will guide the New South Wales Cup side while Blair will step into the SG Ball Cup role after working as a coach in the club’s Future Warriors programme. Griffin, 31, a grand final winner with Melbourne in 2017, moved into coaching when he was forced into premature retirement by another knee injury soon after his Kiwi debut against England in Denver in 2018. Blair, 36, finished his 15-season NRL career with 331 appearances in 2020 while he finished his Kiwi career with 51 tests in 2019.