Oh dear. Poor Phil Blake - the one successful recent Wallaby Assistant Coach, he got Wallaby defence back to something like its old standards - looks highly uncertain to retained by the ARU. And it looks like there's multiple machinations re Totality's totality over in the ARU HQ hot house...and the Totality story is clearly biting now:
(A PS: Just have to add that the June Tests against a formidable 6N winner are only 2 and a bit months away...do we seem prepared as a coaching team?)
You are a worry wart, RH. In any other year there might have been some cause for concern but that's why someone who is in some way connected with the ARU, if not its board, signed up Totality Tony. He will get things sorted out in plenty of time for the June Tests. Don't you worry about that, as Queensland's favourite son was given to saying.
Last Friday this appeared in the
Irish Examiner:
McGahan resolutely focused on Munster
By Simon Lewis
Provincial trouble may be disappearing in the rear-view mirror and Test-match glory on the road in front of him but Tony McGahan will consider neither while there is still the job of leading Munster’s assault on two trophies over the next 10 weeks.
With a Heineken Cup quarter-final to prepare for and the resumption of Munster’s pursuit of a home RaboDirect Pro12 semi-final berth tomorrow night in Galway, reflections on a time in charge of a transitional period in the province’s rugby history will have to wait until the Australian completes his tenure as director of coaching at season’s end.
The Final of the RaboDirect Pro 12 competition in which Munster currently lies second is scheduled to be held on "26/27 May". Why they need two days for the fixture is unclear although the competition rules may provide for unlimited extra time.
Be that as it may by late afternoon on May 27 Totality will have time to address his winning team; give the
Irish Examiner his "reflections on a time in charge of a transitional period in the province’s rugby history"; go home and pack; then dash to the airport to catch a flight to Australia. He should land in Sydney some time on the 29th bright-eyed and bushy-tailed; catch a cab or jog to St Leonards; introduce himself to Phil Blake before garbage bagging him out the door; and then brief Robbie on the match strategy for the Test against Scotland seven days later. Easy as.
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