Ged Corcoran (born 28 March 1983) is an Irish professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

coach, who is the head coach of

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, and assistant coach at

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side

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, and a former professional

footballer. He played at international level for

, and at club level for Halifax in the

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, as well as the

Dewsbury Rams The Dewsbury Rams are a professional rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England that compete in RFL League 1, League One, the third tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. History 1875–1887: Dewsbury Athl ...

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, the

Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They play home games at the Olympic Legacy Park and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Sheffield's on ...

and

Toulouse Olympique Toulouse Olympique or TO XIII is a professional rugby league club in Toulouse, south-west France. Founded in 1937, two years after the French Rugby League Federation, the club is a six-time winner of the French Rugby League Championship. The clu ...

, as a or . Ged Corcoran is the elder brother of the

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rugby league footballer Dwayne Corcoran and is a first team coach with the

Background

Corcoran was born in

County Offaly County Offaly (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is named after the Ancient Ireland, ancient Kingdom of Uí ...

, Ireland.

International honours

Ged Corcoran was named in the Ireland training squad for the

2008 Rugby League World Cup The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth World Cup for men’s rugby league national teams. It was held between 26 October and 22 November and was won by New Zealand, who defeated Australia 34–20 in the final in one of the greatest ...

, and the

squad for the

References

External links

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Toulouse Olympique v Halifax RLFC
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Northern Rail Cup Launch
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Corcoran, Ged 1983 births Living people 21st-century Irish sportsmen Dewsbury Rams players Irish expatriate rugby league players in England Expatriate rugby league players in France Halifax Panthers players Ireland national rugby league team coaches Ireland national rugby league team players Irish expatriate rugby league players Irish expatriate sportspeople in France Irish rugby league players Limoux Grizzlies players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Rugby league players from County Offaly Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Sheffield Eagles players Toulouse Olympique players