Former Ospreys boss Andrew Hore has been named as the new CEO of the Waratahs and NSW Rugby Union.
Kiwi-born Hore, not to be confused with the former All Blacks’ hooker, spent the last eight years with the Welsh Pro 12 side Ospreys, four as chief operating officer and four as CEO.
Hore will take over Greg Harris in April, and may have to persuade Kurtley Beale to stay with the Waratahs after reports surfaced of Wasps offering him a lucrative multi-million dollar deal.
Before heading to Wales in 2008, Hore worked with New Zealand Rugby Union as a High-Performance manager. He has over 20 years experience in rugby.
Roger Davis, Chairman of the Waratahs, was delighted with Hore’s appointment following a lengthy search to fill the position.
“As a seasoned administrator, with experience in international rugby circles, Andrew brings to the joint CEO role a unique set of competency skills that distinguished him from the other quality candidates in the global search,” Davis said.
“Andrew has expertise both on and off the field, in player development, high performance management, pathways expertise and coaching, as well as substantial knowledge about the importance of underpinning these capabilities with a strong level of commercial and rugby performance.
“In making our decision, the Board wanted to ensure we appointed a new CEO who has the ability not only to build a sustainable business model for rugby in the State, but to also bridge the gap between community and professional rugby through appropriate pathways programs, whilst ensuring the ongoing financial and football success of the Waratahs and NSW Rugby as a whole.
“On behalf of the entire Board I would therefore like to welcome Andrew to NSW and also thank Greg Harris for his great work in stabilising the organisation across the last 12 months.
“Greg came into the organisation at a challenging time. He oversaw the appointment of Head Coach, Daryl Gibson and contracted many of our current playing talent. In addition, he led the successful negotiations of the Venue Hire Agreement with the SCG Trust, ensuring Allianz Stadium as our home for the next 16 years.
“We are extremely appreciative of his considerable contribution and will be sorry to see him retire from the Waratahs.”
Harris announced his departure last August, just six months into the job.
ClarkeG
Guest
So you agree with me then ---- I think.
cs
Guest
Gees ClarkeG! There's nothing more to being a local than being born locally. That's the universal qualification (unless you're positively banished or ostracized or some such). But yes, sometimes people who aren't born locally are accepted as locals, adopted so to speak, as if they are locals, so there can be less to it. R. Crowe is generally accepted as an Australian, even though he wasn't born here. If Jacques Potgieter had decided to stay in NSW, I reckon he would've been embraced as if he was a local lad. So there's nothing more to being a local than being born locally, but yes, you can make it with less, if the locals agree. Sheesh.
ClarkeG
Guest
Sorry - not sure I get what you mean.
RobC
Roar Guru
Clarke, riddler. I was just following the Tahs saga from an equity and administrative standpoint Esp as Harris (ex RUPA CEO) quit Tahs CEO job after only around 6 months
cs
Roar Guru
There's never any more to it, but sometimes there can be less, depending on what the locals think.
ClarkeG
Guest
But there is more to being a local than simply being born in a province. If a player is born, raised in Auckland and moved to ChCh for University and played club rugby for the time he is there and then wins a place in the Crusaders squad then he would be a local would he not?
PeterKyle
Guest
I construed your argument from the start. I understand your point. I just don't agree. I think in an intimate people role like coaching. A person from ones own culture may be, of course there are exceptions, the best to coach players of there culture. I do not think it's racist to suggest one does not understand the culture. I regularly go on different courses at work to understand other cultures. Is acknowledging different cultures and our not understanding them fully racist? Australian and New Zealand culture is different.
cs
Roar Guru
I read last week that 33 of the 38 players in the Tahs squad were born in NSW. How many other provincial teams could boast the same proportion of locals? Very few if any, I dare guess, including the NZ teams.
dru
Roar Rookie
A culture of almost endless talent depth where the best game plan could be formulated and then selections made to match. In lieu a culture of more limited talent but with some crazy skillsets available, requiring a game plan matched to those strengths. And a culture that did not prepare the leader for that sort of alternative planning or thinking.
James
Guest
the Tahs should be called the kiwitahs and we might as well adopt them as the 6th kiwi franchise team representing east NZ
PeterK
Roar Guru
You have misconstrued my argument from the beginning, and I should have clarified. When Deans and Mitchell were coaching poorly, not getting results, and now with Gibson journos were blaming it on them being Kiwis and not getting the culture. David Lord / Spiro suggested this would be a major issue for Gibson. These are an obvious push to have aussies coaching aussie teams. IMO Deans and Mitchell poor results / coaching was NOT because they were kiwis or any imagined cultural differences. Nor if Gibson does not perform as expected. The push for aussies only and blaming the kiwi coaches due to cultural differences IS xenophobic and smacks of ra.cism to me. i.e the message is only get aussie coaches.
Bakkies
Guest
Hopefully he works on his marketing team as the Ospreys crowds are abysmal.
PeterKyle
Guest
I am also glad you noticed I lumped middle eastern people together.
PeterKyle
Guest
ah so your argument now is that it's racist and xenophobic because kiwi and Australian culture is so close? Our cultures are different not hugely but they are different. It's not racist to get someone from within that culture to get the best out of persons of that culture.
PeterK
Roar Guru
kiwi culture is a lot closer to aussie culture. I notice you say middle eastern, lumping or grouping a lot of nationalities together as the same. Maybe the same way aust and kiwi culture would be lumped together because they are so similar.
PeterKyle
Guest
yeah a system from people of a different culture......
Train Without A Station
Roar Guru
Dean's problem at the time wasn't that he was a kiwi. It's that his only experience and success had been in one system and only new how to manage the people from that system.
riddler
Guest
robc... well done.. ;)
mtiger
Roar Rookie
Yes, but don't you get the feeling that all Argie XV wanted to play like backs!
Shane D
Roar Rookie
Yeah, cause Kiwis are well known for their lack of passion about rugby.