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The English Super League was still an option to continue his playing career, but Sam Williams opted to put his young family first and stay in Canberra instead.
That's proved to be a massive win for the Queanbeyan Kangaroos, where he'll be the captain-coach for their Canberra Raiders Cup side next season.
Williams played the final eight games of the season for the Kangaroos after calling time on his days with the Raiders.
After building an impressive coaching CV away from Canberra, Michael Maguire is returning to the Raiders.
As the job title of Senior NRL Consultant suggests, the role is more expansive than that of an assistant coach, and no doubt there will be speculation suggesting that Maguire will one day take over from Ricky Stuart.
The similarities between the two are many.
Michael Maguire will join the Canberra Raiders in a consultancy role for 2023, in what will be his first NRL role since leaving the Wests Tigers.
Maguire was sacked by the Tigers midway through the 2022 season, leaving Brett Kimmorley to take over in an interim role as the club finished with the wooden spoon for the first time.
Maguire, a former Raiders player and assistant coach, is currently in England as the head coach of the New Zealand national team - but will continue his NRL journey in the nation's capital.
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