Ronald Griffiths

Ronald Griffiths is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership. He previously coached the Newcastle Knights, winning two premierships with them.

Background Griffiths is of Indigenous Australian descent. He played junior rugby league for the Woodberry Warriors.

Coaching career

Early years In 2012, Griffiths coached the Maitland Pickers in the Newcastle Rugby League, as well as mentoring the under-16s New South Wales Koori side. In 2014, he coached the Greta-Branxton Colts as well as being a pathways coach with the New South Wales VB Cup representative side. In 2016, he became head coach at the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs. In 2019, he worked with the coaching staff at the Wests Tigers, before taking up an assistant coach role with the team in 2020. In 2021, he was a part of the coaching staff for the Indigenous All Stars side.

2023 Griffiths would coach the NRLW team to another premiership win in 2023, before being announced as the Knights' NSW Cup head coach going into 2024.

2024 On 1 July, the New Zealand Warriors announced the appointment of Griffiths as head coach of their NRLW team, who return to the competition in 2025. Griffiths was appointed on a three-year deal. The Newcastle Knights confirmed that Griffiths will depart the club at the conclusion of the 2024 NSW Cup season.