Former England coach Steve McNamara has agreed to become an assistant coach with NRL side New Zealand Warriors. The 45-year-old, who led England to a 2-1 Test series win against Stephen Kearneys New Zealand 11 months ago, has left his job at Sydney Roosters and signed a two-year contract to assist his old adversary.Meanwhile, McNamaras replacement as England head coach, Wayne Bennett, has appointed former Wakefield and Widnes centre Jason Demetriou as an assistant coach at his club Brisbane Broncos, and 2010 Super League Man of Steel Pat Richards has linked up with his old Wigan boss Michael Maguire at South Sydney. McNamara, who moved to the Roosters when his England role reverted to part-time after the 2013 World Cup, will join Andrew McFadden and Stacey Jones on Kearneys backroom staff at the Auckland club. World Cup 2021 England to stage World Cup in five years Ive learnt so much about the NRL in my three seasons with the Roosters, adding to past experience with England and Bradford, said McNamara. Now Im really excited about this next step in my coaching career, coming to Auckland and working with Stephen and a great coaching group.I have the greatest admiration for Stephen from the days when we were opposing coaches of our national teams. He has done wonderfully well with the Kiwis and Im sure hes going to do a terrific job with the Vodafone Warriors. Coach Stephen Kearney to join forces with old foe McNamara Kearney, who quit as New Zealand head coach after seven years in the role last month, said: While Steve and I were adversaries in our roles with our national teams we formed a great relationship.He brings qualities that will give us a really strong and experienced coaching group as we look ahead to take the Vodafone Warriors to the level we collectively expect of this club. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ?£6.99. No contract. Meanwhile, 40-year-old Demetriou has been released from his contract with St George Illawarra, where he coached the Cutters to the Intrust Super State Championship this year, to link up with Bennett in Brisbane.Richards will cut his coaching teeth with Souths after bringing his distinguished playing career to an end this year.The goalkicking winger, who played in the NRL with Parramatta and Wests Tigers, was a member of Wigans double-winning team in 2013 and spent the 2016 season with Catalans Dragons.You can watch Premier League football, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the Mexican Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy six months at half price! 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Brown is doing so well that Mendenhall gets emotional when talking about the journey of such a talented recruit with the potential to be an impact player in the program.Thats kind of a tender spot for me. the Cavaliers first-year coach said this week of Brown. Hes maturing, and hes trying really hard. Hes transforming kind of right before our eyes into a more mature, more capable, more trustworthy, more responsible person and player all at the same time. And hes enjoying it.Brown is one of several reasons for optimism at Virginia despite its disappointing record.The Cavaliers (2-6, 1/3 Atlantic Coast Conference) play at Wake Forest (5-3, 2-2) on Saturday.The soft-spoken Brown is second among the Cavaliers with 7 1/2 tackles for a loss this season, and got his fourth sack last weekend when the Cavaliers came within an eyelash of beating No. 5 Louisville .With one more year ahead of him, hes eager to see what the future holds.I dont have a whole lot of mileage on my body, so its a plus, he said. ... I was blessed with the opportunity to have a lot more snaps than I played my previous two years. So looking back, it humbles me and pushes me to drive forward because if it wasnt for the neww coaching staff, I would probably be in the same position.ddddddddddddMendenhall, meanwhile, acknowledges that Brown has been a challenging player to coach.There have been times where Ive told him, `less drama, more work, he said. I probably said it maybe to him more frequently than any other player at the beginning of our time here as he was in a pretty fragile spot, and I cant speak to that. Im just saying what I saw when I arrived. ... Still on given plays, hell do things where Im wondering where hes going and whats he doing. But now, more often, hes doing it how hes supposed to do it.Brown feels like he has a duty to be there for his team, and he regrets not being able to be on the field after the first play of the Cardinals game-winning drive. Instead, he was nursing a cramp, and watching.I knew my team needed me and I needed to be in there, he said. But at the end of the day, Ive got to control what I can control and at that point in time, I couldnt control that I was cramping up. 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