{"id":406103,"date":"2024-06-25T04:11:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T04:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=406103"},"modified":"2024-06-25T05:06:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T05:06:04","slug":"sacked-eels-coach-poised-for-shock-nrl-lifeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=406103","title":{"rendered":"Sacked Eels coach poised for shock NRL lifeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/parramatta-eels\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Parramatta\">Parramatta<\/a> coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/brad-arthur-1nk4\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Brad Arthur\">Brad Arthur<\/a> is in the running for a surprise lifeline in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"NRL\">NRL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/former-eels-coach-meets-with-perth-nrl-expansion-bid-20240625-p5jogw.html?ref=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=rss_sport_nrl\" title=\"\ufeffThe Sydney Morning Herald reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\ufeffThe Sydney Morning Herald reports<\/a> Arthur met with a representative from Perth&#x27;s expansion bid team on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Perth is hoping to snaffle the 18th licence, ahead of the likes of Papua New Guinea and a second New Zealand team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/t20-world-cup-2024-india-rohit-sharma-innings-sinks-australia-20240625-p5joeq.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Aussies on brink of World Cup exit after another loss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/afl\/news-2024-nick-riewoldt-australian-football-hall-of-fame-caroline-wilson-comments-no-show-20240624-p5jofi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Legend&#x27;s shock no-show &#x27;really disappointed&#x27; AFL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2024-canberra-raiders-roster-nick-cotric-catalans-dragons-ricky-stuart-emre-guler-corey-horsbrugh-20240624-p5jofm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Raiders overhaul looms as star exodus revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe ARL Commission will meet in Melbourne on Wednesday to discuss the options.<\/p>\n<p>If Perth does land the right to host the 18th NRL team it appears Arthur is well and truly in the running to be their inaugural coach.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"d742c89c-fbd6-40c7-b162-6e06e8ed924a\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d742c89c-fbd6-40c7-b162-6e06e8ed924a\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arthur, 50, coached\ufeff the Eels for a decade before being sacked by the club last month.<\/p>\n<p>He has been linked to the Leeds job in England&#x27;s Super League, but may yet have offers in Australia to consider as well.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur&#x27;s wife is from Perth and still has family in Western Australia, according to the Herald.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.app.link\/NGHBKQkVweb\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\ufeffWhile he enjoyed relative success with Parramatta he failed to lead them to a drought-breaking premiership, falling short in the 2022 grand final against Penrith.<\/p>\n<p>Papua New Guinea appeared to be leading the race to be the \ufeff18th team but that has reportedly been put on the backburner.<\/p>\n<p>The NRL reportedly wants to expand to a 20-team competition in the years to come.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Sacked Parramatta coach Brad Arthur is in the running for a surprise lifeline in the NRL. \ufeffThe Sydney Morning Herald reports Arthur met with a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=406103\" title=\"Sacked Eels coach poised for shock NRL lifeline\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=406103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406105,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406103\/revisions\/406105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/365272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}