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John Kear was born on 25 November, 1954 in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, is an English rugby league coach (born 1954). Discover John Kear's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 25 November 1954
Birthday 25 November
Birthplace Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1954

John Kear (born 25 November 1954) is an English professional rugby league coach, for the Wales national rugby league team.

He also works as a pundit for BBC Sport and is a former professional rugby league footballer.

1983

John Kear played as a in Castleford's 13–2 defeat by Hull in the 1983 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1983–84 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1983.

1992

After stints working as a conditioner for Castleford, as head coach of Bramley (1992), working in the player performance department of the Rugby Football League, head coach of Paris Saint-Germain, and assistant coach to both England and Great Britain, he took over the coaching reins at Sheffield Eagles in 1997, taking them to the Premiership semi-final in that year.

A year later he was the coach who led Sheffield Eagles to a Challenge Cup final victory over the Wigan Warriors; this triumph has been described as one of the greatest shocks in Challenge Cup history.

1998

He is perhaps best known as a coach for his Challenge Cup successes with Sheffield Eagles in 1998 and Hull in 2005, as well as his time coaching Wakefield Trinity in the late 2000s.

As a player, he played on the or in the position for Castleford.

Kear was born in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

1999

Sheffield Eagles merged with the Huddersfield Giants after 1999's Super League IV, and Kear retained his job as coach of the merged side before moving on to become the assistant coach to Stuart Raper at the Wigan Warriors.

2000

He was coach of the England team in the 2000 World Cup, leading them to the semi-finals.

He left Wigan for the first team coach role at Hull, working with Shaun McRae.

2005

He stepped up to first team coach at Hull in 2005 when predecessor Shaun McRae left to take charge of South Sydney Rabbitohs.

He led the club to victory over Leeds, by a 25–24 scoreline in the 2005 Challenge Cup in his first season.

2006

However, in April 2006 he was sacked by Hull.

He took charge of Wakefield Trinity in July 2006 where he steered the team clear of relegation with four wins from the last six matches of the season, culminating in the great escape and condemning Castleford to relegation to National League One.

2007

In 2007, he fielded a predominantly untried squad and led Trinity to 8th position in the Super League, their second-highest Super League finish.

2009

In 2009, Kear led Wakefield Trinity to 5th position, their highest ever Super League finish.

The team were knocked out of the first round of the play-offs by Catalans Dragons.

2010

Wales went on to be unbeaten in the tournament resulting in them winning their first European Cup tournament since 2010.

2011

In 2011 Kear left Wakefield Trinity to become head coach of Batley.

John's team earned their first ever victory after a spree of 12 consecutive defeats which began back in 2011.

2014

On 16 July 2014 Kear succeeded Iestyn Harris as head coach of Wales, a role he undertook alongside his position at Batley and subsequently at Bradford Bulls.

His first game was against Scotland in the 2014 European Cup.

Wales lost the opening game by a score of 42–18.

After the 2014 European Cup event, his Welsh team took on Scotland again in the opening match of the 2015 Tournament.

2017

Following the 2017 World Cup, Kear signed a 3-year deal to coach RFL League 1 side Bradford Bulls following their relegation from the RFL Championship.

The following year, he was required to make Wales qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup via the European qualifiers.

In the opening game at Llanelli, Wales thrashed Serbia by 50 points.

2018

During his first season he missed out on automatic promotion as York City Knights finished top of the table, however he guided the Bulls to a 27–8 victory against Workington Town in the 2018 League 1 playoff final, ensuring promotion to the Championship for the 2019 season.

2019

During the 2019 pre-season Kear coached the side to win the revived Yorkshire Cup beating Halifax R.L.F.C. (26-16) and Dewsbury Rams (20-18) to progress to the final where the Bulls beat Batley Bulldogs (14-12) in front of a crowd of 2,278.

John Kear's reputation as a 'giant killer' in the Challenge Cup was once again shown as the Bulls defeated arch rivals and Super League side Leeds Rhinos 24–22 in front of a 10,258 home crowd, however the Bulls were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Halifax.

Despite the Challenge Cup run, in the league Kear could only manage to get the Bulls to 6th place in the table, narrowly missing out on the playoffs.

He coached the Wales 9s squad at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.

Kear coached Wales at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup where they lost all three group stage matches.

2020

At the start of the 2020 season, Kear nearly pulled off another Challenge Cup upset against Super League opposition Wakefield Trinity, however the Bulls just narrowly lost the match 14–17.

The 2020 season was suspended indefinitely after four league games due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

Following this, Kear signed a 2-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the Bulls until the end of the 2022 season.

Kear left Bradford in April 2022 by mutual consent.