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Wallaby Coach after Joe

Who will be the Wallaby coach for the EOYT and the RWC?

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The Ghost of Raelene

The Ghost of Raelene

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Major Tom said:
Noah's comment about not knowing who the coach is going to be is pretty silly now (TBF he didn't know and had to make a call).
In ironic circumstances he's actually walking away from coaching stability.
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Sometimes it's best to say nothing at all. He's played under what 3 different Wallaby coaches in 4 years.

I don't think anyone has hard feelings about a guy who gets a great offer elsewhere. Feels like a nervous comment made to appease people but is anyone really dirty on him?
 
LeCheese

LeCheese

John Hipwell (52)
Major Tom said:
Noah's comment about not knowing who the coach is going to be is pretty silly now (TBF he didn't know and had to make a call).
In ironic circumstances he's actually walking away from coaching stability.
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Obviously it's been discussed at length, but if the general public has known that Kiss was basically locked in for a couple of months, I'm sure Noah had an even clearer picture. Fairly obvious that it was disingenuous reasoning on his part, or just a throwaway line that's been blown up.
 
PhilClinton

PhilClinton

Paul McLean (56)
The trial by media over the next two SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) seasons is going to be very interesting.

The timing of the annoucement doesn't do Kiss any favours. Reds are heading to Fiji to play the Drua which is traditionally a bloody hard place to win.

But the media won't care about those details, I can see the headlines now if they lose - "New Wallabies coach club side DEFEATED by bottom of the ladder side".
 
The Ghost of Raelene

The Ghost of Raelene

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
PhilClinton said:
The trial by media over the next two SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) (Super Rugby Pacific) seasons is going to be very interesting.

The timing of the annoucement doesn't do Kiss any favours. Reds are heading to Fiji to play the Drua which is traditionally a bloody hard place to win.

But the media won't care about those details, I can see the headlines now if they lose - "New Wallabies coach club side DEFEATED by bottom of the ladder side".
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I think it will generally be ok. Unless the Reds fall off a cliff which I think is highly unlikely given their roster it'll be fine.

I wouldn't be surprised if there are any falters if the headlines of the Wallabies job being a distraction to the Reds take hold on sites like The Roar but that's a Rugby circles only type headline as the general public couldn't give a shit about Super Rugby.
 
LeCheese

LeCheese

John Hipwell (52)
Setting new trends early with the one side in / one side out approach to the collar. Bold. I like it. #InLesWeTrust

On a serious note, what a joy it is to know that the future mouthpiece of the Wallabies comes across very well in the media (and doesn't suggest they should give themselves uppercuts). I expect this interview would've been many Today Show viewers' first introduction to Les, and it's a good one.
 
Slim 293

Slim 293

George Smith (75)
Joe Schmidt was convinced to extend his term as Wallabies coach by another nine months after Rugby Australia helped organise living arrangements for his wife and son in Sydney.

Schmidt had been firmly committed to ending his tenure in August after the Lions series, and then in October following The Rugby Championship, because his son suffers from epilepsy and requires constant care. Schmidt’s wife has been providing that care on her own for much of the time in New Zealand.

But RA stepped in to offer help relocating them to Sydney for lengthy periods of time until next July, sealing Schmidt’s extension before Les Kiss takes over.

“It’s funny, it seemed like a long time but then by the time I’d already agreed to do TRC it didn’t seem that much further into the future, so I suppose as you stack them up it didn’t seem like an extra year, it seemed like an extra six months or eight months,” Schmidt said.

“The friendship (with Rugby Australia head of high performance Peter Horne) goes back a long way, that made that a lot easier, and you know the family situation, the support from RA around just maybe getting the family over a little bit more often to Sydney where I’m usually based, that made it a little bit easier as well.

“I feel that I’m getting some balance, and supporting my wife in her commitment to looking after our son, and our son getting a bit of growth at the same time.

“I’m really happy with the outcome, I think it’s a great outcome for me personally and my family, and it’s one that’s not too much of a stretch to stay in the role.”

There is no formal role for Schmidt beyond next July, although Kiss and Horne suggested he could play an advisory role for the 2027 World Cup.
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