The axe has fallen for another Super League coach today as Castleford Tigers announced that they have parted company with head coach Danny McGuire.

McGuire had only been in the post since late 2024, after taking over from Craig Lingard. He had previously served as Lingard’s assistant at the Tigers the previous season. As well as his spell in charge of Cas, he spent a few years as an assistant at Hull KR and briefly served as their interim head coach at the back end of the 2022 season.

Prior to his retirement, McGuire enjoyed a peerless playing career, predominantly as part of the dominant Leeds Rhinos side of the 2000s and 2010s. He won eight Super League titles, two Challenge Cups, and three World Club Challenges at Leeds before finishing his playing days at Hull KR.

On McGuire’s departure, club owner Martin Jepson had this to say to the club website: “It has been a challenging season, but in particular, the result and performance in last week’s game against Huddersfield were hugely disappointing for me and everybody involved with the Club. The Board felt that a change of direction was therefore needed.

I would like to put on record my thanks to Danny for his hard work at the Club over the past two years, both as an Assistant and Head Coach, and I wish him well in the future.”

As the Tigers search for their third head coach in twelve months, director of rugby Chris Chester will take over the coaching duties on an interim basis.

Written by Nathan Major-Kershaw (Site editor & Hull KR fan)