So a review was conducted, and a new appointment was made. But the two aren’t necessarily related, and nor might that be the limit of changes.
Today’s announcement of a new ‘national high performance plan’ from Rugby Australia was yet another disaster typical of the sport’s administration in the past few years.
Rugby Australia has appointed Scott Johnson as Director of Rugby and retained Michael Cheika as head coach until after the Rugby World Cup but declined to nominate a third selector to usher in a new, and exciting, era.
When Michael Cheika took over as Wallaby coach from Ewan McKenzie in November 2014, former 25-cap Wallaby centre Michael Hawker was chairman of the Australian Rugby Union.
There’s one burning question from the rugby faithful which I keep answering: “Who is Rugby AU chairman Cameron Clyne?”
The Springboks are set for a change of coach after the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, with Rassie Erasmus declaring he would step down from the role to focus more on his other roles within the sport.
The fixture for the 2019 Rugby Championship has almost taken shape, with Rugby Australia today confirming the Wallabies will kick off their 2019 fixture in Johannesburg.
“From the liberal Cape Town to the conservative highveld… the one common factor is that the South Africans are a hard race and their rugby players are fearsome physical specimens. A Springbok is a big, big man.
Michael Cheika will live to fight at least a few more days as the coach of the Wallabies but is no guarantee to retain the position into the new year.
If you Wallabies fans right now if they would rather see Michael Cheika or anyone else on the planet coach the team at the World Cup, a large percentage would choose the latter.
The current Wallabies should be rested.
Saturday 24 November 2018. Australia v England. The only Wallaby Test I’d ever attended knowing Australia couldn’t win before the match even started.
It was interesting to hear last week the discussion about Rugby Australia rebranding itself. No doubt this sounds like a good marketing ploy, especially as the organisation continues to shoot itself in the foot.
If Nigel Owens can’t make these two shake hands, nobody can.
“The brand is being damaged incredibly at the moment.”
Great news for Australian rugby.
10 years after making his Wallabies debut in Italy, Sekope Kepu credits his family with keeping him going through a decade at the highest level.
Sekope Kepu is set to reach a massive milestone match in the Bledisloe Cup against the All Blacks.
It is a given that national unions strive to improve and maintain the ranking of their Test sides, because they (rightly) assume that fans want World Cup success, and teams that play competitive, attractive rugby in the years in between.
It is a given that national unions strive to improve and maintain the ranking of their Test sides, because they (rightly) assume that fans want World Cup success, and teams that play competitive, attractive rugby in the years in between.
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