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Shaun McRae (born 21 December 1959) is the head coach of the Salford City Reds. He also provides...

Shaun McRae (born 21 December 1959) is the head coach of the Salford City Reds. He also provides commentary for Sky Sports rugby league television broadcasts. Shaun McRae, nicknamed 'Bomber', was born in 1959 and began his rugby league coaching career as an assistant for the Canberra Raiders in the early 1990s. He was later appointed Head Coach with St Helens (1996 – 1998) in the European Super League, where he won the Coach of the Year award in 1996. He coached his team to victory in the Challenge Cup in 1996 and in 1997, and the Super League championship in 1996. In 1998 he moved to the now defunct Gateshead Thunder club, before coaching Hull between 1999-2004. He returned to Australia and joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2004. He returned to the NRL with a 61.1% success rate in the British Super League. He was replaced at the Rabbits by Jason Taylor after the 2006 season with a final winning success rate of exactly 25%. Under McRae's tutorledge South Sydney finished the 2005 NRL season level on 23 premiership points with 2004 premiers the Canterbury Bulldogs. The 2006 season was seen as a transitional phase for the club, with the loss of senior players such as Bryan