Rhys Lovegrove (born 11 March 1987) is an Australian rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Keighley Cougars in Betfred League 1 and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for the Bradford Bulls, Hull Kingston Rovers and the London Broncos, primarily as a forward and occasionally as a . After retiring from playing Lovegrove moved into coaching and took up his first head coaching role at Cougar Park in June 2019. Background Lovegrove was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A Como Jannali Crocadiles junior who, while attending Endeavour Sports High School, played for the Australian Schoolboys Team in 2004. Playing career He was initially signed by the Hull Kingston Rovers on loan from the St George-Illawarra Dragons until the end of the 2007 Super League season, but then made the move permanent. In September 2014, he joined the London Broncos. He was named in the Scotland Training Squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, but he was forced to withdraw through injury. In August 2016 he announced his retirement due to injury from playing to join the coaching staff at the Bradford Bulls. Following periods on the coaching staff at Bradford and Doncaster, Lovegrove joined Keighley Cougars as assistant coach in January 2019 and was appointed as head coach in June 2019 following the sacking of Craig Lingard the previous month. References External links Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Official Player Profile 1987 births Living people Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league players Australian people of Scottish descent Bradford Bulls players Hull Kingston Rovers players Keighley Cougars coaches London Broncos players People educated at Endeavour Sports High School Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props