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Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Let's now play a few rounds of "Speculate on the Replacement Coach", our first contestant please.Official - Dumper to depart at seasons' end.
Let's now play a few rounds of "Speculate on the Replacement Coach", our first contestant please.Official - Dumper to depart at seasons' end.
Let's now play a few rounds of "Speculate on the Replacement Coach", our first contestant please.
Let's now play a few rounds of "Speculate on the Replacement Coach", our first contestant please.
Matt TaylorLet's now play a few rounds of "Speculate on the Replacement Coach", our first contestant please.
Scott Johnson
Morgan (backs) - with Wessels (head/defence) and Bakarat (forwards) to come in to join him.
That would be a good combo
You've just been voted out of the change room.Richard Graham.
Not happy with Scott in Scotland?Good: Out of Scotland Camp
Bad: Into Rebels Camp
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
How long did Wessels sign to the Force for? The Rebels might have to have him if the Force are folded, because the ARU have to pay the bill anyway.
Not that that would be a bad thing.
This is good news. Totally unable to build a team, or gameplan, that met the demands of the Soup. What's Rob Penney doing these days?
NEWS of Tony McGahan leaving his role as coach of Melbourne Rebels was barely an hour old before contenders started emerging for his job.
Frankly, Western Force coach Dave Wessels has been on the radar for some time.
If the Force get cut, Wessels is the heavy favourite to take over, particularly with up to 10 Force players committed to joining Melbourne if their franchise folds.
But the whole ARU saga in cutting a team has become so unpredictably long and frustrating that other big names are now in the mix.
Scotland’s defence coach Matt Taylor is one, while Fiji’s head coach John McKee is another.
Taylor is contracted to Scottish rugby until next year and McKee is contracted until 2019 but agreements in sport have a funny way of unravelling as opportunities appear.
Taylor could be a key to snaring Wallabies halfback Will Genia, who is struggling to get a deal over the line with Queensland Reds given they’ve got three contracted halfbacks.
Taylor was defence coach of the Reds when they won the Super Rugby title in 2011, when Genia was man-of-the-match in the final against the Crusaders.
There has also been speculation this week that Rebels owner Andrew Cox has set his sights much higher and wants to target an international coach.
The problem is availability - most of the big names won’t be on the market until after the 2019 World Cup.
7s, Ben Ryan ?Let me throw up another name for Payto and Panda or anyone else to steal: Ben Ryan.
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