Maguire likely to shelve Tigers' five-man captaincy system

Incoming Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire will assess the five-man captaincy rotation at the club but suggested it was unlikely to continue under his watch next season.

Russell Packer, Chris Lawrence, Benji Marshall, Josh Reynolds and Elijah Taylor were named as joint leaders in 2018 under Ivan Cleary with Lawrence (seven times) and Taylor (six) captaining the side most often, while Marshall and Packer each led the team on five occasions.

Reynolds managed one appearance as skipper in round 14 before succumbing to a season-ending shoulder injury.

The club has recruited a host of experience in the last 12 months and Maguire will have no shortage of leadership options.

"I'll have to assess that over the pre-season," Maguire told pan66.com.

"I've spoken to the senior guys and they're all in a good head space wanting to move forward.

"There's some strong leaders there with experience, and an enormous nursery that lives around that space. It's about finding guys that want to keep taking the club forward.

"Whilst you've got that we'll work out the style of leadership the club will move with under my time."

Keeping the system in place isn't out of the question after the former South Sydney coach coincidentally opted for five co-captains at the start of his tenure at Redfern in 2012 with Michael Crocker, Roy Asotasi, Sam Burgess, Matt King and John Sutton picked in the role.

Sutton, Burgess and Inglis have since spent time as the sole captain over the past five years.

Maguire has also shown as Kiwis coach that age isn't an issue with inexperienced leader Dallin Watene-Zelezniak receiving the international honour in October.

Meanwhile, the 44-year-old indicated he was happy with the current support staff in place at the Wests Tigers.

"I know a lot of the staff that are there, and there is a lot of experience amongst those guys as well," Maguire said.

"I'm across a lot of what's going on at the club and the stability was the appealing part for myself going to the Tigers. You can feel it around the place, not only the fans but the whole organisation, we're all wanting the same thing.

"It's about coming together now, creating the style we want to play and performing on and off the field. The community work is very important too. I'm a big believer that converts onto on-field performance."

Maguire will officially arrive at Concord to begin his tenure next Monday.