Mal Reilly (born Castleford, West Yorkshire) is an English former rugby league player and coach. Castleford is one of the five towns within the Metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games He played as a loose forward. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench
Reilly played for Castleford Tigers in England and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in Australia. Castleford Tigers are a Rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney After the 1969 Challenge Cup final he was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance. The Challenge Cup (as of 2008 known as the Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons is a knockout cup competition for Rugby league clubs across Europe The Lance Todd Trophy is awarded to the Man-of-the-Match in Rugby league 's Challenge Cup Final He later played in Australia, helping the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles to their first premiership in 1972 and to their second the following year. The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney
After retiring from playing, Reilly went on to coach Halifax RLFC and Great Britain. Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic Rugby league clubs in the game formed over a century ago in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Great Britain was traditionally one of the major national teams playing Rugby league. He opened his reign as head coach of Great Britain with six wins, four against France and two over Papua, in 1987. He stood down as Great Britain's coach in 1994. Reilly then took over Australian side Newcastle Knights in 1995 as coach and their results improved markedly. The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Newcastle New South Wales. The 1995 Australian Rugby League premiership was the 88th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia and the first to be run by the Australian Rugby He later coached them to their 1997 ARL Grand Final success. This article details the Australian Rugby League half of 1997's split competition
In 2001 Reilly's book, Reilly: A Life in Rugby League was published. His coaching career continued but he had less success as head coach of the Huddersfield Giants, who finished bottom of the Super League under his stewardship. Huddersfield Giants are a professional Rugby league club (from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) who play in the Super League. He left Leeds at the end of the 2003 season following a major coaching re-structuring. Leeds Rhinos, or informally Leeds or Rhinos, are an English professional Rugby league football club based in Leeds In December 2004, Hull Kingston Rovers appointed Mal Reilly as director of rugby and first team coach. Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British Rugby league club playing in Super League (Europe, having won promotion from National However, Reilly left the club mid way through the season.
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