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John Thornett (49)
NFL teams are certainly outliers, and I don't think rugby will ever end up with the position specific coaches, like a prop coach, lock coach, midfield coach, etc... as the sport is far too dynamic for that. Closest I could see to that could might be a 'play maker' coach for the 9/10/15 positions (i.e. the ones who direct the attack) if things evolve down the line of the sophisticated Irish attack. But even then, that would probably just come under the purview of the overall attack coach.
But the accelerated development in specialist coaches for the set piece and breakdown (i.e. common events + highly technical) and skills coaches (highly technical + cover the whole team) seems likely. They're areas where small details can certainly lead to big performance gains.
But the accelerated development in specialist coaches for the set piece and breakdown (i.e. common events + highly technical) and skills coaches (highly technical + cover the whole team) seems likely. They're areas where small details can certainly lead to big performance gains.