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Mate I don't even follow Mungoball but a quick google search indicates his coaching style not being a good fit for the modern game especially with the younger generation of Wallabies coming through. Maybe he's an alright coach, but Trent Barrett could've coached Souths to that premiership. They...

I can tell you for a fact Quade still exchanges Valentine's cards with his favourite coach Robbie yearly, as does Giteau...

Goodness gracious me - will somebody, anybody.. please... think of these poor Wallabies players??? Everyone knows Maguire is another toxic high-intensity old-fashioned coach, the same as Eddie, outdated, out-of-touch, and irrelevant - so clearly they were made for each other I suppose Lol...

He's since added another 2 outstanding coaches to his backroom staff, Richard Wigglesworth and S&C coach Aled Walters. England could possibly be World Cup favourites with Aled Walters on board - he was critical towards Boks 2019 campaign.

If the SMH are correct it'll be an all-Brumbies staff: Jones, McKellar, Hewatt, Fisher, Palmer. Just as I predicted a month earlier.

Ryan is probably too experienced and qualified, that's a problem - far too much of an independent voice, strong-minded coach for Eddie to consider him for the role, knowing Eddie he'll probably get some obscure rugby league player who's only just retired a few years earlier coming on board -...

Hooper isn't effective in collisions at test level, McReight is the same, they are too lightweight. The game is now too skewed towards heavier players who can dominate at the ruck, in tight, defensively and get you over the gain-line. It's the reality of international rugby today because of the...

It also mentioned Gamble having put on weight. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up as the Wallabies starting 7 for the World Cup, he is the complete package. He really has everything that Hooper and McReight lack - size, physicality, on & off the ball strength, carrying... He's a real...

He's also worked with McKellar before, Peter Ryan was Brumbies defense coach 2015-17.

To be fair, you can't expect Borthwick to work miracles overnight, Eddie left the team in a utter diabolical mess, it's the worst state an England team has been in the professional-era, which is a sad reflection of the chaotic disharmonious environment Eddie produces...

Borthwick has selected on form and dropped the guys who Eddie picked solely on reputation - B.Vunipola, Nowell, May, Hill, Cowan-Dickie, Simmons, etc. England are going to improve immensely under the vastly superior young coaches Steve Borthwick and Nick Evans.

I heard this one from planetrugby: Brendan Cannon, a great servant of Australian rugby, discovered his international career was over via a 3am phone call from Jones in which Eddie screamed obscenities at him for several minutes and then hung up. I felt bad for laughing, it's just that imagery...

That's his problem, he could be very beneficial for ARU - in the right role. If only he put his ego aside. Attack consultant, Technical advisor, DOR, etc.. A head coach Eddie is not... he's a straight up dictator, lacks empathy & creates negative energy-sapping environments where staff and...

I fear Eddie's ego is what could get in the way of things & hamper Australian rugby in the long-term. I think he believes he can manage all of these things on his plate effectively, but it's not sustainable to think you can do everything yourself. If the Wallabies are to succeed long-term Eddie...

Yes and notably (just like Borthwick) Eddie achieved his best results during the period with Link as forwards coach. And also like Borthwick, once Ewen McKenzie departed the national setup Eddie's results went rapidly downhill. Therefore the only conclusion here is that fast Eddie needs to get...

There's a rumour McKellar might be off to the Reds - perhaps Dan overheard some horror stories from Scotty Wisemantel about his time with Jones in England. Haha, I get the impression Eddie's history is such that most quality coaches out there wouldn't want to touch the current Wallabies...

And that's exactly the approach that leaves you with a bunch of yes-men. At England Jones recruited Gleeson as attack coach who was a former league player who had only coached for 2 seasons in the Premiership with Wasps, with very middling results. The same year he appointed Seibold who didn't...

I'm not surprised Lolesio isn't considered too highly by Eddie. If Lolesio & Paisami remain with the squad they ought to invest in a decent psychologist because Eddie is going to absolutely eviscerate them for their decision-making or lack thereof at test level...

More like I'm simply pouring fuel over the flames of the toxic dumpster fire that is Australian rugby, not even Eddie will be able to extinguish it - in fact his appointment is more akin to throwing a bunch of Firecrackers in there (to at least turn it into a spectacle to watch....)!!! A rather...

I think it's safe to say at this point the only people who wouldn't be on board with this development is the incumbent Wallabies 7 and Slipper (who IIRC also was a prominent member of the pro-Beale/anti-McKenzie faction), the rest of the group, bar Cooper and White, simply don't have any skin in...