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Parramatta are aiming to have a new head coach by the end of June, ruling out Michael Maguire as the club weighs up left-field and untried options.
Michael Maguire has been ruled out of contention for the Parramatta coaching job as CEO Jim Sarantinos says the Eels are prepared to back a rookie mentor, or left-field option Michael Cheika, to fill one of the NRL’s toughest jobs.
Ryles rejected a four-year offer from the Dragons last year to return to Melbourne as Craig Bellamy’s possible successor, having worked at the Storm, Roosters and alongside Eddie Jones in English rugby.Getty Plumping for either Cheika, or a rookie coach, is viewed as a gamble given the expectations and pressure Parramatta deals with as a flagship club that’s striving to end a 38-year premiership drought.Asked whether Cheika loomed as a genuine contender, Sarantinos said: “That will be determined as we go through the process, right?