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Jason Demetriou's Coaching Career

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After three years of profound coaching success in North Queensland, Jason Demetriou returned home to take on the dual role as Illawarra Cutters head coach and St George Illawarra Dragons assistant coach. The door opened for Demetriou to return to his home district when Ian Millward relinquished his Cutters coaching duties after becoming the Director of Rugby League Pathways. Despite touching down in Sydney earlier in the week, Demetriou fully understands his responsibilities in terms of player transition that comes with the role. “My job is to make sure that they guys that come back from first grade are performing at a level that when the opportunity comes they’re ready to take it. It’s also my role to try and educate and improve a couple …show more content…

“Obviously I had a lot of success last year at the Cowboys but I felt it was the right move for me and my family.” To ease into the Cutters role, he is shadowing Millward at training sessions before taking the reigns himself. The Cutters are coming off a disappointing 2015 season; therefore Demetriou wasted no time making himself known, and is keen to turn them into a premiership side. “I’m getting to see the types of things they’ve been doing before Christmas so I can get a better understanding. [As well as] what the first grade have been doing so I can make sure I can replicate that with the Cutters boys I’ll be looking forward to get stuck right in next week,” said Demetriou. “It’s just about giving an opportunity to young guys who are desperate to make it, you’ve got some guys that are hungry still playing at a higher level, and it’s my job to teach them and give them opportunities to do that. “I think they’re physically where they need to be, just got to make sure I can educate them and give them the belief that they can achieve better things, I’m more than confident that we’ll do

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