Hornby an experianced first grade player of over 250 games and a representative player, moved into lower grade coaching in the St George-Illawarra system firstly at U18s in the Juniors and then NYC, before becoming their NRL Assistant coach for 5 seasons. In 2020 he joined South Sydney as a Development Coach, before stepping up to be a NRL Assistant Coach for the 2022 season. At the end of 2022, Jason Demetriou handed the coaching reigns to Hornby for a game when he fell ill with Covid-19. Hornby's first grade and club premiership coaching debut at South Sydney in the 2022 Round 25 clash againt St George-Illawarra at Wollongong Stadium.
In dramatic rise, Hornby was appointed as interm NRL Head Coach with the mid-season sacking of Jason Demetriou. His first game as stand-alone NRL head coach of South Sydney was the Round 9 clash against Penrith at Stadium Australia. A few weeks later Hornby in the 2024 Round 12 clash against Parramatta at Stadium Australia, Hornby recorded his first win as a coach with South Sydney. He would coach South Sydney for the remainder of the 2024 season.
Hornby only coached South Sydney at the top level for 1 season in 2024, narrowly avoiding the wooden spoon that season. He coached South Sydney to 18 first grade premiership games winning 6.
Hornby last first grade premiership game as first grade coach of South Sydney was in the 2024 Round 27 clash against the Sydney Roosters at Stadium Australia. In 2025 he reverted back to his previous NRL Assistant Coaching role under Wayne Bennett. But before handing over completely he coach his last first grade club and cup game as coach of South Sydney in the 2025 Round 1 Pre-Season Challenge clash against Manly-Warringah at Central Coast Stadium.
Height / Weight
182cm / 86kg
Date of Birth
Wollongong - 18th February 1980
Previous Clubs
First Grade : Lower Grades : Juniors
Premiership : Cup : Premiership : Cup :
M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %)
St George-Illawarra (2013) : : : : U18s 10( 7- 0-3 70%) (U18s SG Ball Coach)
St George-Illawarra (2014) : : NYC 26( 17- 0-9 65%) : : (U20s Co-Coach)
St George-Illawarra (2015-19) : : : : (NRL Assistant Coach)
Previous Rep Honours M( W- D-L %)
World All-Stars (2016-17) Assistant Coach
Coaching Career at South Sydney (2020-25)
South Sydney First Grade Coaching Debut
2022 Sep 2 Rd25 SFS2 v Sydney Roosters (42y 196d)
First Grade
Premiership : Cup
M( W- D-L %) Position : M( W- D-L %) Position
2020 : (Development Coach)
2021 : (Development Coach)
2022 1( 0- 0-1 0%) : (NRL Assistant Coach)
2023 : (NRL Assistant Coach)
2024 17( 6- 0-11 35%) 15th/16 : (NRL Assistant Coach until Rd08 / NRL Head Coach from Rd09)
2025 : 1( 0- 0-1 0%) (NRL Assistant Coach)
TOTAL 18( 6- 0-12 33%) :
SS FG 19( 6- 0-13 32%)
Coaching Summary at South Sydney
Versus - First Grade
(FG) Premiership : (FG) Cup
M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %)
Brisbane 1( 1- 0-0 100%) :
Canberra 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Cronulla 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Dolphins 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Gold Coast 1( 1- 0-0 100%) :
Manly 1( 1- 0-0 100%) : 1( 0- 0-1 0%)
Melbourne 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Newcastle 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Nth Qld 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Parramatta 2( 2- 0-0 100%) :
Penrith 2( 0- 0-2 0%) :
St Geo-Ill 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Syd Rstrs 2( 0- 0-2 0%) :
Wests-Tig 2( 1- 0-1 50%) :
Venues - First Grade
(FG) Premiership : (FG) Cup
M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %)
StAu 6( 3- 0-3 50%) :
Bruc 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Camp 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Ende 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Gosf 1( 1- 0-0 100%) : 1( 0- 0-1 0%)
Koga 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
LngS 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Redc 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
Robi 1( 1- 0-0 100%) :
Penr 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
SFS2 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
WSS 1( 1- 0-0 100%) :
Match Statistics at South Sydney
2022 First Grade Statistics : Lower Grade Statistics
Grd Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG OOL GP: Grd Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG OOL
Rd25 Syd Rstrs SFS2 L 16-26 354 10 1 26 5 5 1656 9 11 18 3 3 2/3 - - 10 :
2024 First Grade Statistics : Lower Grade Statistics
Grd Tac Sc Pe 6A MT LA LB m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG OOL OSc OPe O6A GP: Grd Tac Sc Pe 6A MT LA LB m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG OOL OSc OPe O6A
Rd09 Penrith StAu L 12-42 371 5 8 4 33 1 1 1136 7 5 17 2 2 2/2 - - 9 5 5 5 :
Rd10 St Geo-Ill Koga L 14-28 355 4 4 5 28 1 1 1582 15 4 18 3 3 1/3 - - 6 8 3 4 :
Rd11 Nth Qld LngS L 22-28 293 5 2 4 39 4 5 1648 12 10 21 3 4 3/4 - - 11 2 10 4 :
Rd12 Parramatta StAu W 42-26 273 4 5 2 27 1 4 1583 10 10 21 4 7 7/8 - - 8 4 7 1 :
Rd14 Gold Coast Robi W 46-12 261 6 4 1 43 6 8 2032 8 15 21 7 8 7/8 - - 15 2 7 2 :
Rd15 Brisbane StAu W 22-12 286 9 2 5 52 1 3 1874 9 7 26 2 4 3/4 - - 10 4 6 4 :
Rd16 Manly StAu W 14-0 338 10 3 3 22 4 4 2062 13 8 25 3 3 1/3 - - 7 3 10 3 :
Rd18 Parramatta WSS W 32-16 321 5 8 2 22 6 7 1716 11 15 21 5 6 4/6 - - 9 7 3 5 :
Rd19 Dolphins Redc L 28-36 312 5 6 3 25 7 8 1763 4 9 23 4 6 2/6 - - 11 1 6 3 :
Rd20 Wests-Tig Gosf W 42-28 279 4 2 5 36 5 7 1822 12 9 18 6 7 7/8 - - 14 2 7 4 :
Rd21 Canberra Bruc L 12-32 338 7 7 4 46 1 2 1633 7 11 18 2 3 -/3 - - 9 4 6 4 :
Rd22 Cronulla Ende L 6-20 335 6 7 2 26 1 5 1716 11 10 22 - 1 1/2 - - 2 7 7 5 :
Rd23 Melbourne StAu L 16-28 321 5 6 3 46 3 3 1510 13 5 17 2 3 2/3 - - 4 5 5 2 :
Rd24 Wests-Tig Camp L 16-18 337 3 9 4 25 3 6 2075 12 11 15 1 3 2/3 - - 6 5 7 4 :
Rd25 Newcastle StAu L 16-36 306 4 8 2 51 1 2 1684 13 12 18 2 3 2/3 - - 4 5 4 3 :
Rd26 Penrith Penr L 12-34 314 5 11 2 46 1 1 1235 11 13 19 1 2 2/2 - - 17 7 10 1 :
Rd27 Syd Rstrs StAu L 28-36 309 7 9 4 35 3 4 1453 7 5 17 3 5 4/5 - - 13 3 7 1 :
2025 First Grade Statistics : Lower Grade Statistics
Grd Tac Sc Pe 6A MT LA LB m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG OOL OSc OPe O6A GP: Grd Tac Sc Pe 6A MT LA LB m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG OOL OSc OPe O6A
Pre01 Manly Gosf L 24-34 360 5 5 5 29 1 4 1353 12 3 19 1 4 4/4 - - 6 5 4 5 :
Suspension Record at South Sydney
none
Coaching Awards
none
Representative Honours at South Sydney
none
Coaching News
First Class Coaching Career (2022-24)
M( W- D-L %)
Total FG Premiership 18( 6- 0-12 33%)
Total FG Cup 1( 0- 0-1 0%)
Total FG Club Tour -( 0- 0-0 - )
Total State -( 0- 0-0 - )
Total Internationals -( 0- 0-0 - )
Total Other Representative -( 0- 0-0 - )
TOTAL FIRST CLASS 19( 6- 0-13 32%)
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