Ryan Carr (rugby league)

Ryan Carr (born 3 August 1988) is an Australian rugby league football coach who was the interim head coach for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and former coach of the Featherstone Rovers.

Background
Carr was born in Sydney and played his junior rugby league for the Engadine Dragons. He attended Endeavour Sports High School before being signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. In 2006, he won the NRL Schoolboy Cup championship with Endeavour.

Playing career
In 2005, Carr represented the New South Wales under-17 team. In 2006 and 2007, Carr played for the Sharks in the Jersey Flegg Cup.

In 2008, Carr signed with the North Queensland Cowboys for the inaugural season of the Toyota Cup. He played 24 games for the club and captained the side. In 2009 and 2010, Carr played for the Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Cup, before joining the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup in 2011.

In 2012, Carr signed with the South Sydney Rabbitohs. After one season at South Sydney, Carr played two seasons with Mounties and the Illawarra Cutters in the NSW Cup before retiring.

Coaching career
In 2017, after assistant roles with the Rabbitohs and Sharks, Carr was appointed as head coach of the Rabbitohs Under-20s team.

In 2018, Carr was appointed as head coach of Mounties, who were a Canberra Raiders feeder club at the time. In his first season, Carr guided Mounties to the top 8, being knocked out in week two by Newtown.

In 2019, Carr was hired to coach the Featherstone Rovers in the Championship in England. Carr had a successful season with Featherstone, guiding them 5th place and making the semi finals. Featherstone won three straight semi finals in a row, guiding them to a final promotion play-off with the Toronto Wolfpack, ultimately losing.

In 2020, Carr returned to Australia, joining the Parramatta Eels as their NSW Cup head coach. Halfway through the 2022 season, after the departure of David Kidwell to the Argentina rugby union team, Carr was elevated to assistant NRL coach under Brad Arthur.

On 11 September 2022, Carr joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons as an assistant to head coach Anthony Griffin. On 16 May 2023, Carr was named as interim coach of the Dragons, following the departure Griffin. In Round 12 of the 2023 NRL season, he won his first game in charge of the club, a 24–22 victory of the Sydney Roosters.