Michael Maguire (rugby league)

Michael Maguire

Personal information
Full name	Michael Maguire
Born	(1974-02-05) 5 February 1974 (age 50) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Playing information
Position	Fullback, Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1992–96 Canberra Raiders 11 4 0 0 16 1997 Adelaide Rams 5 1 0 0 4 1998 Canberra Raiders 2 1 0 0 4 Total 18 6 0 0 24
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2010–11 Wigan Warriors 70 53 3 14 76 2012–17 South Sydney 153 85 0 68 56 2019–22 Wests Tigers 80 29 0 51 36 2025– Brisbane Broncos 0 0 0 0 Total 303 167 3 133 55 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2018–23 New Zealand 18 12 0 6 67 2024 New South Wales 3 2 0 1 67
Source: [1][2] As of 18 July 2024

Michael "Madge" Maguire (born 5 February 1974) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL). Previously, he coached New South Wales and New Zealand at international level. In the 1990s, Maguire played as a fullback, winger and centre.

After a playing career spent mostly at the Canberra Raiders, with a brief stint with the Adelaide Rams, he became assistant coach of Melbourne Storm under Craig Bellamy and in 2009 became a head coach in the Super League with English club the Wigan Warriors. He was previously the head coach for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

In his first year as Wigan Warriors' coach Maguire won the 2010 Super League Grand Final.^[3] In his second year he won the 2011 Challenge Cup and was then signed by the Rabbitohs. In his first year as an NRL head coach he took South Sydney deep into the 2012 finals series. In 2013, Souths finished the regular season in second place and in 2014 they won their first premiership in 43 years.