Matt Geyer may have achieved everything at NRL level, but coaching women is still only new to the former Melbourne Storm flyer.
While 2022 wasn’t what he had hoped, the former 268-gamer is returning as an assistant coach to the Titans NRLW side and has strong ambitions ahead of the the near season.
“Our preparation will be a lot better coming into the 2023 season," Geyer told titans.com.au.
“We only had a short pre-season together last year, but with the expansion of the competition in 2023, we will get a much longer preparation in the lead up to Round 1.
“The girls' attitude and effort at training was terrific... we had some great sessions, but unfortunately we just couldn’t get the results on the day.”
Eager to be returning as the right-hand-man to head coach Karyn Murphy, Geyer is full of praise for one of the game's most elite female rugby league minds and the systems that she has put in place on the Gold Coast.
“If there was one word to describe Karyn it would be integrity, she’s honest her coaches and players," he said.
“She’s the best to ever play the women’s game and I learnt so much from her last season. She has such a wealth of knowledge.
“I’m excited to be working with Karyn again and we're looking forward to having a great season.”
With a host of Titans stars expected to be returning for the new campaign, the former premiership-winner is most excited by the prospect of relinking with hard-working lock Georgia Hale after her stint with Leeds in the English Super League, who was judged last season's best by the coaching staff.
The Kiwi International was one of the competition's standouts in 2022, finishing second for tackles made, with an impressive 221 in just five appearances at an impeccable 97 percent efficiency.
“I would say Georgia was one of our biggest leaders last year. She drives standards at training and leads through her actions both on and off the field," Geyer said.
“She loves to take over a training session and set the girls straight.”
Looking toward 2023 with the new season to kick-off later this year, Geyer is prepared to learn from the past campaign and compete for the premiership trophy.
“It’s important that as a team we learn from the mistakes we made last season, and the same applies to me," he said.
"Learning from these mistakes have us in good stead for 2023.”
