Bosley was set to coach again next season before Lions officials recently informed him that the club was keen to appoint a playing coach.

President Jesse Kent said it was a tough decision for the club to make and was grateful for the contribution of Bosley for the past two years.

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"We just felt a playing coach was probably the best option going forward," Kent said.

"Craig did a great job under trying circumstances with COVID making it tough on everybody.

"He landed some handy recruits with Jack Chesser, Xavier Cannizzaro and Jackson Frohling all good pick-ups.

"Craig has got a lot of respect at Culcairn being a premiership player in 2007 and a premiership coach of the reserves.

"But after four years of having a non-playing coach we have opted to go in a different direction."

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