Manly Marlins coach  Damien Cummins will head up the re-badged Sydney Rays coaching team for the 2016 National Rugby Championship season. Cummins will work with Simon Cron (Northern Suburbs) and Julian Huxley (Warringah Rats) in what is sure to be a vibrant and thoughtful coaching structure as the Rays begin the next stage of their development. The Rays have widened their catchment area this year with the demise of the Sydney Stars and will represent much of the greater Sydney metropolitan area. Cummins takes over from the head coach of the past two years Geoff Townsend (Gordon) who stood down at the end of the 2015 season. He worked with Townsend for the first two years of the Rays’ existence and said he was looking forward to stepping up into the head coaching role. “It’s a great honour,” Cummins said. “I’m keen to make playing for the Rays as an enjoyable experience as we can possibly make it. “I want everyone who has been with us to say that they loved what th