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Daniel Anderson

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Anderson
Date of birth	3 May 1967 (1967-05-03) (age 40)
Place of birth	, Australia
Professional clubs coached
2001–2004 2005–	NZ Warriors St Helens
Representative teams coached
2004–2005	New Zealand

Daniel Anderson (born 3 May 1967) is a rugby league coach. He is particularly noted for his work with the development of younger players. He is currently the coach of St Helens RLFC, succeeding the previous coach Ian Millward, who was sacked by the club in 2005.

Anderson began his coaching career in 1999 at the Parramatta Eels working his way up to Premier League coach before being made assistant coach to Brian Smith in 2000.^[1]

In 2001, Anderson was a surprise choice for coach of the New Zealand Warriors. He had amazing success, taking them to their first finals series in 2001 and their first Grand Final in 2002, losing to the Sydney Roosters. The 2002 Dally M Coach of the Year was awarded to Anderson.

Anderson resigned from the Warriors in June, 2004, after a bad start to the season, winning only three out of eleven games.^[2] Anderson retained his position as coach of the New Zealand Kiwis until June, 2005.

Anderson currently coaches St Helens RLFC in the Super League.

In August, 2006, St Helens won the Challenge Cup after beating Huddersfield Giants 42–12 at Twickenham in the final. The club then went on to win the 2006 Grand Final.

In December, 2006, Anderson was rewarded for St Helens' dominance throughout the season when he won the BBC Coach of the Year Award. This was the first time a rugby league coach had received the award.

In February, 2007, Anderson won the World Club Challenge with St Helens, defeating Australian champions, the Brisbane Broncos. He then went on to coach St Helens to win the 2007 Challenge Cup final by defeating the Catalans Dragons, 30–8, at the new Wembley Stadium.

St Helens made it to the 2007 Grand Final at Old Trafford against the Leeds Rhinos, but they lost 33–6.

Anderson will leave the club at the end of the 2008 season.^{[citation needed]}

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