Defence guru completes Force team
Nick Taylor, The West Australian November 24, 2012, 9:32 am
The final piece of the Western Force coaching jigsaw will be put in place on Monday when defence guru David Wessels arrives at the club.
Wessels is one South Africa's best defensive tacticians and helped turn the Cape Town-based Stormers into Super Rugby's tightest defensive side.
He was used by Brumbies coach Jake White last season, spent time with the Western Province under-21 side and helped the University of Cape Town to their first Varsity Cup title last year.
He joins backs and attack coach Steve Meehan, strategy and kicking coach Philip Fowler and forwards coach Nick Stiles.
Coach Michael Foley said Wessels had a passion for defence that set him apart from other coaches.
"He gets players to see the defence aspect of the game in a different way," Foley said.
Foley, who worked with UK premiership club Bath, the Wallabies and Waratahs, has brought a wealth of international experience to his coaching team.
Meehan also spent time at Bath and at Stade Francais in France.
Fowler, a sports psychologist who joined from the Queens- land Reds, worked with Wallabies coach Eddie Jones during the 2003 World Cup campaign, as well as with Ewen McKenzie at the Waratahs.
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