James Coyle (rugby league)

James Coyle
Personal information
Born (1985-12-28) 28 December 1985
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
Playing information
Position Scrum Half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005 Wigan Warriors 6 1 0 0 4
2006 Widnes Vikings 2 0 0 0 0
2008–09 Oldham Roughyeds 5 2 0 0 8
2010 Barrow Raiders 1 0 0 0 0
2011 Widnes Vikings 6 1 0 0 4
2013 Workington Town 8 2 0 0 8
2013–14 Hunslet Hawks 22 3 2 3 19
Total 50 9 2 3 43
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Ireland 3 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
October 2014–August 2016 Whitehaven
As of 26 August 2016
Source: RLP

James Coyle (born 28 December 1985) is an Irish international rugby league player.[1]

Playing career

Coyle played for Wigan St Patricks[2] as half back and St John Fisher pupil. In 2002 and 2003 he played in the Wigan's Academy setup and was the Senior Academy Player of the Year for 2003 Under 21s.[3]

Coyle captained the 2003 England Academy U17s squad that beat the Australian Institute of Sport for the first time.[4] Coyle was also selected for the 2004 Academy Origin Series.[3]

He was included in the Wigan Warriors first team squad for the first time in 2005 [5] his first appearance being off the bench against Hull. Coyle made his full debut the next weekend against Whitehaven in the Challenge Cup and had a man-of-the-match winning performance. Coach Denis Betts commented of his performance: "James is a really good player, as he showed when he started to carry the ball and create space in the second half. He started to become the player I believe he can be." [3] In 2005 he was awarded Wigan Supporters' Association Under 21s Player of the Season award.[3]

As a 19 year old in 2005 Coyle signed with the Widnes Vikings.[6] where he spent a season before returning to Wigan's Academy in 2007. Later in 2007 he moved to Oldham Roughyeds then on to Barrow in 2011.[3]

Coyle was unattached and signed for the 2012 season with Championship side Workington Town on a one-year contract.[1] In mid 2013 he signed with Hunslet Hawks RLFC.[7]

He moved to Whitehaven in late 2014 and retired from playing at the end of 2015.[8]

Coaching career

In October 2014 Coyle joined Whitehaven RLFC as caretaker coach/player. In 2015 he was appointed coach for the rest of the 2015 season.[9] Coyle was in the shortlist of nominations for the 2015 Kingstone Press Championships and League 1 Awards for Championship Coach of the Year with Whitehaven [10] but was unsuccessful.[11] Coyle announced that he would not be coaching in 2017 due to other commitments but In August 2016 with Whitehaven coming last in the competition with five wins from 25 games[12] and in danger of relegation from Championship Shield to League 1 the Board of Directors sacked Coyle as coach.[13][14][15]

Personal life

Coyle's family have a long association with Wigan. Both his father Bernard Coyle, Jr. (1970's) and grandfather, Bernard Coyle, Snr. (1940s) played scrum-half for Wigan.[3] His younger brother, Thomas, also played for Wigan and on occasion played for the same clubs as James.

References

  1. 1 2 "Workington Town sign es-Wigam half back James Coyle 14 December 2012". BBC Sport Rugby League. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kingstone Press National ... pge 9" (PDF). Wigan-St-Pats-eprogrammme. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Profile : James Coyle". Wigan Warriors Fans. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Match report : England edge out AIS". Wigan warriors fans. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Whitehaven : Ex Wigan pair ... 29 October 2014". BBC Sport Rugby League. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Coyle Joins Vikings 21 October 2005". Wigan Warriors. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Coyle brought in to help Hawks ... 7 June 2013". Hunslet Hawks news. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Off the record : Rugby League rumour and gossip no. 43 6 July 2016". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "James Coyle appointed Whitehaven coach 25 February 2015". Total Rugby League. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "The nominations for the 2015 Kingstone Press ... 8 September 2015". Rugby-League,com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "2015 Kingstone Press Championship ... winners 14 September 2015". rugby-league.com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Whitehaven sack Coyle 17 August 2016". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Coach James Coyle sacked ... 17 August 2016". News & Star. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "I felt we still had a chance ...". New & Star. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Whitehaven relieve coach james Coyle of duties 17 August 2016". Total Rugby League. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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