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Kurt Haggerty (born 8 January 1989) is a rugby league coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach at Toronto Wolfpack. As a player, he played for Bradford Bulls, Leigh Centurions, Widnes Vikings and Barrow Raiders at club level and Ireland at international level, and was part of the Ireland squad at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He is the son of former St. Helens player Roy Haggerty.
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Kurt Haggerty - Coach Feature
Playing career
Haggerty began his career at Leigh Centurions and played in the Championship for Leigh, Widnes Vikings, Barrow Raiders and Bradford Bulls. He played one season in Super League with Widnes, making 14 appearances.
He made his début for Ireland in 2012 and was a member of the squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, making one appearance from the bench at the tournament in their defeat by Fiji.
At the end of the 2016 season Haggerty retired from playing at the age of 27 in order to take up a coaching role with Toronto Wolfpack.
Coaching career
In 2013 while a player for Barrow Raiders Haggerty was appointed head coach of leading amateur club, Pilkington Recs competing in the National Conference League in Division 3. In 2013 he led the team to promotion to Division 2. In 2014 he repeated this success with promotion to Division 1. On the 17th October 2015, the team secured their 3rd consecutive promotion, to move into the Premier Division in 2016. In February 2016 he guided the team to their first ever Challenge Cup win over professional opposition, beating London Skolars 13-0 in the Third Round. Haggerty was appointed assistant coach of Toronto Wolfpack for their inaugural season in 2016.