Ricky Stuart is set to rub shoulders with players and staff at the club he is taking over on Monday, but one man that will not remain in Canberra is interim head coach Andrew Dunemann, who was sacked last night.
The Raiders assistant, who took the reins after David Furner was sacked last month, was an aspirant for the top job that Stuart landed and was the preferred choice of the players.
Disappointed to be overlooked, it emerged on Friday that Dunemann would not be hanging around for the beginning of the Stuart era, instead set to be granted a payout for the remainder of his contract. It’s understood the Raiders board was split down the middle about whether to appoint Dunemann or Stuart, with the three-time Raiders premiership winner eventually given the nod.
Stuart confirmed assistant Dean Pay would leave Parramatta to join him in Canberra next season, while Stuart also plans to lure NSW Origin assistant Matt Parrish from the Eels – a move that would impact on the status of another Raiders assistant, Brett Kimmorley.
Kimmorley told Fairfax Media on Friday he wanted to stay at the Raiders for the remaining year of his contract. But the former Test halfback has a fractured history with Stuart. For there to be any chance of a working relationship, they would need to properly bury the hatchet from a bitter feud that led Stuart to publicly slam his former charge during the twilight of Kimmorley’s playing career at Canterbury in 2009.
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Topic: Dunemann out while doubts surface over Kimmorley
