Danny Ward plots rugby league coaching return after making Leeds Rhinos visit

At the end of the 2019 season, Danny Ward was regarded as one the brightest young coaches in British rugby league.

He had engineered 10 Super League wins from his London Broncos side who suffered a heartbreaking relegation on the final day.

Ward’s impressive work at the Broncos saw him and Ian Watson serve as Wayne Bennett’s assistants on Great Britain’s ill-fated tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

Just over two years on and the gregarious Yorkshireman is searching for a route back into coaching after leaving London midway through last season.

The former Leeds Rhinos prop was due to leave the Broncos at the end of the 2021 campaign as they began to cut costs and go part-time.

Yet Ward remains ambitious and keen to prove his worth again in league or union.

“I spoke to a couple of rugby league clubs last year at the back end of the season, but nothing quite materialised,” the 41-year-old told Leeds Live.

“It was the same in rugby union, I had a couple of conversations but there was no dead-set offer for me to get my teeth into.

“You don’t want to just jump into the first thing that comes along, but at the same time you want to be back working, so it’s a very hard balance mentally.

“I’m very passionate about rugby and coaching and I want to get back in somewhere in a job I can be passionate about it and fully committed to when it arises.

“I want to love the job that I’m in and give my everything to it.”

In the interim period, Ward has kept himself busy.

A hip replacement, being a dad and visiting different rugby clubs has seen to that.

“I’m using the time to go round and develop myself as a coach,” he explained.

“I’ve visited union and league clubs and done bits of coaching kids stuff in schools too.

“I did a Level 3