Potentially answering my own question here:
TODD LOUDEN – A RUGBY COACH WITH POINTS ON THE BOARD
Todd Louden is a highly-skilled and successful rugby union coach whose performances have left an indelible mark in three countries.
Canberra-born and educated Louden, 39, is presently Director of Rugby and Head Coach at the Ricoh Company Rugby Football Club in Japan where he has taken the team from second division to the top three in the country.
He moved there last year after a highly-successful one year stint with the NSW Waratahs as team attack and backline coach.
There he oversaw the youngest backline in Waratahs and Super 14 history and had a major hand in the Sydney-based franchise reaching the final against the eventual winners, the Canterbury Crusaders.
A former Australian Schoolboys, Australian Under 21 and ACT representative halfback, Louden’s passion for the game led him to Sydney’s Waverley College where he coached the 1st XV. His thirst for wider experience then took him to Brisbane where he spent two years as Queensland Rugby’s State Development Manager.
His appointment as Sydney University’s Director of Coaching followed and, during a three year term, the Students won the club championship and provided more players to representative teams than any other premiership club.
Louden’s appointment as backs coach and later head coach of the Meiji club in Japan marked his first association with rugby in the Land of the Rising Sun. He his two years with the club he took the team from 64th to top five in the national championship.
He moved back to Sydney in 2005 as head coach of the famous Randwick club where he spent three seasons (1993-1996) as a first-grade player. In season 2006, Randwick, placed ninth the previous year, won the minor premiership and reached the grand final, going down narrowly to Sydney University 16-10. For his effort, Louden went on to win NSW coach of the year.
His move soon thereafter to South Africa as team attack and backline coach of the Bulls could not have been better timed. In 2007, the Bulls became the first South African franchise to win a Super Rugby title, beating arch rivals the Sharks 20-19 in the decider. That the Bulls scored 435 points at an average of 29 points a match comprehensively showcased Louden’s talents.
Based in Tokyo with his wife, Janine, and two young children, Louden is contracted to Ricoh until the end of the 2010 season.
) is why the hell didnt Hickey have a proper rotation policy this season (aside from the one that was forced on him by injury and even then he didnt manage it very well) if he thinks that it has merit.
