{"id":10072,"date":"2026-07-24T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalansdragons.com\/?p=10072"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:26:58","slug":"liam-duffy-appointed-reserve-team-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalansdragons.com\/en\/brief\/liam-duffy-appointed-reserve-team-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Duffy appointed reserve team Head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"en-GB\"><strong>Catalans Dragons are delighted to announce the appointment of Liam Duffy as Head Coach of the club\u2019s reserve team St Est\u00e8ve XIII Catalan.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Liam Duffy, 36, has established himself as a promising young coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Drawn to coaching from an early age, he gradually built his career abroad before continuing his journey in France. A former University of Hull captain, he has coached rugby league in a variety of contexts, including helping introduce and develop the sport in Greece, Poland and the United States before moving to France. After coaching Salon de Provence&#8217;s U19\u2019s, where he worked with Alexis Lis, he joined SO Avignon two years ago as assistant coach before being promoted to head coach the following season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Fluent in French, Duffy enjoyed a successful first year in charge of Avignon, leading the club to the play-offs after several seasons without reaching the finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b><br \/>\nLiam Duffy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">I believe the mission ahead of us \u2013 identifying, supporting and developing the next generation of young French talent \u2013 is one of the most important, not only for the Dragons, but also for French Rugby League and for the game across the Northern Hemisphere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Obviously, I&#8217;m British, and very proud to be, but at this stage of my life I&#8217;m shaped more by Rugby League in France than in England. I&#8217;m not coming here to copy and paste what other teams do or to try and turn these players into Anglo-Saxons. I&#8217;m here to help develop good men, good citizens, and talented Rugby League players with their own identity, their own style, and with French and Catalan DNA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\nR\u00e9mi Delherbe, St Est\u00e8ve XIII Catalan chairman<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Along with Geoffrey and everyone at the club, we are delighted to welcome Liam to St Est\u00e8ve XIII Catalan. He is a young, passionate and ambitious coach with a clear philosophy of his own. We are looking forward to getting to work together to help our young players develop and continue to strengthen the future of our club.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catalans Dragons are delighted to announce the appointment of Liam Duffy as Head Coach of the club\u2019s reserve team St Est\u00e8ve XIII Catalan. 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