Wallabies 2023

[Wilson]

I wonder what this means for McKellar going forward. It was already looking unlikely he'd succeed Rennie, but I doubt he'll look at staying on as an assistant after the world cup with this change. Hopefully the communication between him and RA has been good throughout this process and we don't end up burning him and loosing his coaching IP.

 

[Marce]

Another positive statement about this crazy move: This WC is called to be the European redemption, I mean, France and Ireland are the favorites as never. Eddie knows them carefully after been playing the 6 nations the last years lol

 

[Derpus]

I wonder what this means for McKellor going forward. It was already looking unlikely he'd succeed Rennie, but I doubt he'll look at staying on as an assistant after the world cup with this change. Hopefully the communication between him and Rugby Australia has been good throughout this process and we don't end up burning him and loosing his coaching IP.

Sort of have my doubts.

 

[Derpus]

Another positive statement about this crazy move: This WC is called to be the European redemption, I mean, France and Ireland are the favorites as never. Eddie knows them carefully after been playing the 6 nations the last years lol

Losing to them with a better team, you mean?

 

[Dan54]

Well wel well, can't say I hugely surprised, seems not always a lot of truth coming from rugby boards is there?
Anyway, I would think it a huge warning to any other foreign coach (ie Razor) for jobs with Wallabies.

Can I also say I actually wouldn't be against if coaches has to have similar rules as players to coach test teams, even if I know it wouldn't work!

 

[Members Section]

The moment ‘writing was on wall’ for Dave Rennie as details of Wallabies bombshell revealed

The moment ‘writing was on wall’ for Rennie as details of Wallabies bombshell revealed

www.foxsports.com.au

Can only Imagine everyone's chairs lower in the Fox Sports office when they asked can someone in here write about Rugby?

There's not even a name to the article!

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

I wonder what this means for McKellor going forward. It was already looking unlikely he'd succeed Rennie, but I doubt he'll look at staying on as an assistant after the world cup with this change. Hopefully the communication between him and Rugby Australia has been good throughout this process and we don't end up burning him and loosing his coaching IP.

Getting a feeling that McKellar isn't very popular amongst playing groups and this flows on. He won't be out of a job somewhere but he is definitely in a strange situation right now.

 

[qwerty51]

Well wel well, can't say I hugely surprised, seems not always a lot of truth coming from rugby boards is there?
Anyway, I would think it a huge warning to any other foreign coach (ie Razor) for jobs with Wallabies.

Can I also say I actually wouldn't be against if coaches has to have similar rules as players to coach test teams, even if I know it wouldn't work!

Getting sacked with a contract is the best gig in the world.

 

[Marce]

Losing to them with a better team, you mean?

He won it in 2016, 2017 and 2020. And he consistenly beat the Wallabies coached by Cheika and Rennie. So if he knows how to beat them maybe just maybe, he knows how to make them work

 

[Slim 293]

Getting a feeling that McKellar isn't very popular amongst playing groups and this flows on.

Any reason for this feeling, or is it from the gut?

 

[Members Section]

Getting a feeling that McKellar isn't very popular amongst playing groups and this flows on. He won't be out of a job somewhere but he is definitely in a strange situation right now.

Really? i never would have guessed that i just assumed all the brums loved him

but what do i know i'm a bloke on the internet

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Any reason for this feeling, or is it from the gut?

Gut.

Big Gut at that

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

I want to say surely he'd be kept on by Jones as he has his nose across Super Rugby better than anyone else in Australia atm but Eddie may have an idea of a team he wants. Was McKellar on a long deal?

 

[Members Section]

Gut.

Big Gut at that

are you actually freens? lol

 

[Derpus]

Well wel well, can't say I hugely surprised, seems not always a lot of truth coming from rugby boards is there?
Anyway, I would think it a huge warning to any other foreign coach (ie Razor) for jobs with Wallabies.

Can I also say I actually wouldn't be against if coaches has to have similar rules as players to coach test teams, even if I know it wouldn't work!

True - better all these talented NZ coaches twiddle their thumbs at home while a useless donkey gets the best coaching gig in the world by default.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

are you actually freens? lol

nah. brutal that "big gut" triggers that question

 

[Derpus]

I hate this quote in particular:

“Eddie instinctively understands the Australian way of playing rugby – this represents an opportunity to secure a coach of immense expertise and experience at the biggest competitions, and we did not want to miss it.”

The fuck is the 'Australian way'?

 

[Dan54]

The other thing is haven't the Wallabies just had a camp at Sanctuary Cove under Rennie? Seems a waste of money etc!\
Mind you should of known when "Honest John Hamish" confirmed Rennie as the right man to lead Wallabies to the WC?

Still Deans was rejected by NZR and got a gig with Wallabies and now Eddie is fired by Poms, so RA swoop on him?

 

[qwerty51]

I hate this quote in particular:


The fuck is the 'Australian way'?

Cheika is back!

 

[stillmissit]

I wonder what this means for McKellor going forward. It was already looking unlikely he'd succeed Rennie, but I doubt he'll look at staying on as an assistant after the world cup with this change. Hopefully the communication between him and Rugby Australia has been good throughout this process and we don't end up burning him and loosing his coaching IP.

i'll be surprised if he makes it to the WC given Eddie's history with assitants.