Tahnee Norris has a better chance of coaching Tom Brady in the NFL than achieving her dream in the NRL. Statistically speaking, at least | sarah_keoghan
But despite taking the Burleigh Bears to five premierships in Queensland's Holcim Cup and undergoing development training with the Gold Coast Titans, Norris feels she is not making any headway.
"I'm a football coach who happens to be a woman, not a woman who happens to be a football coach," she said. "If we continue to try and carve out or highlight gender differences it can fuel continued separation on regarding us as equal or viable coaches. While there are more teams and more coaches in the NFL, the NRL is still yet to have one female on the coaching staff of any of the 16 clubs.
Norris, a former Jillaroo who played in 58 representative games and who managed the gold medal-winning men's kayak team at the London Olympics, has been branded as one of the most likely candidates to break into the NRL coaching ranks. St Kilda chief executive Matt Finnis said the hiring six years ago was based on her "experience and her expertise".
"We seem to follow AFL and the AFL have had female assistant coaches over the last 10 years," he said. "There is a lot of responsibility on the club to develop the coaches, like there is players."But even with a mentor such as Donald and more than 20 years experience in the game, Norris said she needs the NRL to help with that transition from the women's to the men's game.
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