Australian Rugby / RA

[Blackadder]

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/na...ml?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

no resolution to case

 

[gel]

Please open the other thread back up - at least then the shit is confined to one place.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Not sure I'd like to see Nathan Grey have any role with the U20s and Scoolboys/U18s. Both groups showed a lot in defense in their games this year. If it ain't broke... etc.

 

[TSR]

Yeah - good luck to him I guess, but doesn’t seem an appointment based on any merit to me.

 

[formerflanker]

I'm not sure what a High performance Coach does that the state coaches and rep team coaches don't do.
If Nathan is seeking coaching roles, surely he'd be better off coaching actual teams not bits and pieces of team strategies.
Still have a lot of respect for him as a former player, and hope he can overcome the negative vibe from his chess-piece defensive plans that went so horribly wrong in the past.

 

[Jets]

I think the High Performance coaching role is for people who are still contracted to RA and they don't want to pay them out.

 

[kiap]

I think the High Performance coaching role is for people who are still contracted to RA and they don't want to pay them out.

Then how the hell is he still contracted to RA?

Okay, the head coach gets to choose assistant coaches.

So what was the thinking in contracting said assistant coach beyond the contracted term of the HC himself?

Perhaps this High Performance position is actually a fresh appointment.

 

[Braveheart81]

Perhaps this High Performance position is actually a fresh appointment.

Looks that way.

Was previously contracted for two years to the end of 2019 https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/19755320/nathan-grey-join-wallabies-coaching-staff-full

 

[Froggy]

It could be one of those 'phasing out' roles.
A company I worked for in the 80's would occasionally appoint someone to the role of 'manager - special projects', he would have no staff, no-one knew what he did, and a month or so later a memo would come around saying he had resigned to pursue other opportunities, the company thanked him for his service and wished him well in the future.

 

[cyclopath]

I think it indicates that RA rate both Larkham and Grey and want to keep them in the mix, but want both to get more overseas experience, hence Munster and Japan, with a view to future roles.

 

[Ignoto]

On the one hand, it's nice to see that Australian coaching IP isn't lost after a coach resigns. On the other, it reeeeekkkkks of the usual 'Jobs for the Boyzzzz" attitude.

Grey would honestly be best off starting a new chapter at a different club if he wanted to keep his coaching career alive. The last several years hasn't done much to showcase his 'talents'.

 

[Pfitzy]

It's the vicious catch-22 of subbies rugby. And the even crueller twist is if you win too much and take out a title, expect at least half of your team to retire and never come back.

We won a first grade title in about 2010, and it was simultaneously the best and worst thing to ever happen to the club.
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Equally, that Fourth Grade title a few years ago would have cut the base from under the club with retirements, yes?

 

[barbarian]

Equally, that Fourth Grade title a few years ago would have cut the base from under the club with retirements, yes?

Of the 15 who took the field, maybe three returned the next season.

 

[Braveheart81]

If you guys are going to talk about subbies rugby in this thread at least find a way to link it back to Raelene Castle's failings as CEO or Clyne as chairman.

 

[Ignoto]

If you guys are going to talk about subbies rugby in this thread at least find a way to link it back to Raelene Castle's failings as CEO or Clyne as chairman.

I'm sure the fatcats watch some Shute Shield, but how many times have either of them turned up for the 5th Grade kick off at 9am on a Sunday morning in July, after getting on the beers the night before at the Super Game!????

 

[barbarian]

Raelene and Clyne have never felt the pain of dragging goalposts pads over a dewy field at 9am, after a big Friday night and before a likely 50+ point loss against superior opposition, followed by a similar loss when you're called into the 3rds because four blokes failed to show up, followed by an evening session at the sponsor pub where you drag your bruised and battered body in to support the club, only to be subjected to an evening of $8.50 beers, $26 steak and yet another mediocre Wallaby loss to a lowly ranked opponent in front of a sparse home crowd.

That's probably the most 'Australian Rugby' paragraph in the history of the site, therefore it's 100% relevant to the thread.

 

[Braveheart81]

Raelene and Clyne have never felt the pain of dragging goalposts pads over a dewy field at 9am, after a big Friday night and before a likely 50+ point loss against superior opposition, followed by a similar loss when you're called into the 3rds because four blokes failed to show up, followed by an evening session at the sponsor pub where you drag your bruised and battered body in to support the club, only to be subjected to an evening of $8.50 beers, $26 steak and yet another mediocre Wallaby loss to a lowly ranked opponent in front of a sparse home crowd.

This is why so many players retire after winning a subbies premiership. It goes against everything they've ever known about Australian rugby and being a Wallabies fan and they just can't risk it happening again.

 

[cyclopath]

Raelene and Clyne have never felt the pain of dragging goalposts pads over a dewy field at 9am, after a big Friday night and before a likely 50+ point loss against superior opposition, followed by a similar loss when you're called into the 3rds because four blokes failed to show up, followed by an evening session at the sponsor pub where you drag your bruised and battered body in to support the club, only to be subjected to an evening of $8.50 beers, $26 steak and yet another mediocre Wallaby loss to a lowly ranked opponent in front of a sparse home crowd.

That's probably the most 'Australian Rugby' paragraph in the history of the site, therefore it's 100% relevant to the thread.

Aussie az.
Ironically Clyne did play a lot of rugby, including rep I think.

 

[Dan54]

Raelene and Clyne have never felt the pain of dragging goalposts pads over a dewy field at 9am, after a big Friday night and before a likely 50+ point loss against superior opposition, followed by a similar loss when you're called into the 3rds because four blokes failed to show up, followed by an evening session at the sponsor pub where you drag your bruised and battered body in to support the club, only to be subjected to an evening of $8.50 beers, $26 steak and yet another mediocre Wallaby loss to a lowly ranked opponent in front of a sparse home crowd.

That's probably the most 'Australian Rugby' paragraph in the history of the site, therefore it's 100% relevant to the thread.

Yep a few of us have Barb, but I don't think too many would be happy with us running Aus rugby either!

 

[Pfitzy]

Come volunteer for us, barb: every week we put about $300 on the bar and a similar amount in food.