Eamon O’Carroll

O’Carroll joined the Saints ahead of the 2025 season to serve as First Team Assistant Coach, alongside Head Coach Paul Wellens and fellow assistant Lee Briers.

An Irish international, he played his club rugby for Wigan, Hull FC, and Widnes Vikings and made 149 Super League appearances. Eamon’s coaching journey began as part of the Vikings’ staff following his retirement as a player in 2017 due to injury.

The first of two spells as an Assistant Coach at Catalans Dragons followed in the 2019 and 2020 seasons, before taking on the Head Coach position with Newcastle Thunder in late 2020 ahead of the 2021 season.

During his time with Newcastle, O’Carroll guided the Thunder to staying up in the Championship following the club’s promotion to the competition through an application process. During the 2022 season, he would return to Perpignan to serve as Reserves Head Coach for the Dragons and assist Steve McNamara once more.

O’Carroll served as the Bradford Bulls head coach in the 2024 season, guiding them to a third-place finish in the regular season, and taking them through to the Betfred Championship Semi-Finals following a knock-out play-off win over Featherstone Rovers.