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He's won 2 Super Rugby titles as coach and has a good rep among peers. Improves teams when he arrives. Serious NZ coach contender. That's the interview for my 2 cents.
Doesn't matter how much they wow in a suit and tie, they need to have already wowed in coaching.
The second half turn around means nothing. This team is up and down and comes across as thinking too much about what they should be doing or not knowing rather than the doing of it.
I wish we were brave.
I'm sick of Super Rugby. I don't want to see Hawaii play Honduras in Super Rugby at 2am AEST. I'm tired of the Waratah's, Rebel's and Red's referred to as 'franchises'. I want the jumper to represent something, represent the best the state has to offer in rugby.
I want a national...
"... the ARU Directors were adamant that a Senate Inquiry as requested by Senator Linda Reynolds and supported by Federal Sports Minister Greg Hunt, had no place or role to play in Australian Rugby."
Oh how arrogant that you think you are above any oversight.
Am I reading this right ?
The ARU may be under no legal obligation from SANZAR to cut a team. And with Twiggy Forrest's offer, no financial reason to either.
But as of yesterday they still want to ? I'm wrong surely.
By right people I was suggesting people with experience in setting up and running a comp and was hoping he delegates well. Wasn't suggesting the ARU were the people for that.
Not to shit on TF as I don't really know the guy and his achievements, but after Tinkler and Palmer I have my doubts over another big dollars guy coming into sport and building something from scratch.
Now, I'd like him to succeed and to build a comp that the others eventually jump to, it could...
Earth to Clyne. It's better to tell SANZAR we can't cut a team and face that than it is to get into a financial end of days pissing match. Go check your ego and talk to WA or resign.
All this can't be doing Larkham's chances of taking over one day much good.
The more losses Chek has and if he leaves on bad terms one day, the less likely any carry over from his regime should take place. You'd think * (*Note. This is the ARU)
On another note, our players just never seem...