John Kear
John Kear
John Kearis an English rugby league coach and former player. He is best known as a coach for his Challenge Cup successes with Sheffield Eagles in 1998 and Hull in 2005, as well as his time coaching Wakefield Trinity in the late 2000s. As a player, he played on the Wing or in the Centre position for Castleford. He is currently the head coach of Batley and the Wales national rugby league team, while also working as a pundit for...
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He will be playing on Friday. He has attended work all week. This situation is a personal matter for Paul and Hull FC does not wish to make any further comment.
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I am very pleased with my players. We spoke in our preparation about the emotion of the event and we knew full well that the kitchen sink would come out in the first 20 minutes. My players played with very cool heads and played some clever rugby.
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He will be playing on Friday. He has attended work all week.
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Everybody has off-field problems at some stage in their life. What you've got to do is be able to handle those problems and make sure they don't affect your work - and I'm sure Paul will be able to do that.
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There's no doubt in my mind that Kirk is a Great Britain player in the making. He's developing from a follower into a player who leads others. He has great presence and I'm just pleased he's in my team and I don't have to work out ways to stop him.
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We want to avoid that if possible. But we will do what is necessary for the good of the player.