Aussie Pro Rugby
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Help urgently wanted: A new Wallabies coach to take on the Lions
Expressions of interest for the Wallabies role ended on Friday after decorated Ireland coach Andy Farrell was unveiled as the man to lead the Lions to Australia in 2025.
New coach should be appointed around the time SR starts.
Schmidt seems to be the favourite
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@Tim said in Aussie Rugby:
Yeah been hearing that for a while in sporting circles over hear in QLD ,I posted that a while ago and still hearing it over here.
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@nzzp said in Aussie Rugby:
Like Deans, it's a brave move. Same news cycle as NZ, our closest neighbour, and if he gets good we suffer. Really hope they got the chequebook out.
Must have been something weird with NZR for him to shoot off to Aus.
Yeah it has that feel about it that something has crashed and burned between Schmidt and the NZR.
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Rugby:
@nzzp said in Aussie Rugby:
and if he gets good we suffer
Disagree. Wallabies being good is good for NZ.
Wish him all the best. Hopefully he can get the Wallabies firing by the Lions next year.
Rationally, absolutely.
Emotionally, if he coaches the Wobs to a win over us, people will react.
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@booboo said in Aussie Rugby:
Fuck off. Hope you fail.
i hope he's a glorious success.
Like it or not kiwis, we need Aussie to be good. And alive. The ONLY way that is happening is if the Wallabies can win shit. Starting with the Bledisloe, and then the Lions.
If Joe can't win the Bledisloe back, and then they get humped 3-0 by the Lions, and fail at their home World Cup, then we're all alone at the ass end of nowhere, and economics will crush us.
It might also put the shits up NZ rugby a little if we have to actually work to win stuff down here again.
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@Punch_up said in Aussie Rugby:
Somewhat surprised at some of the negative kiwi reaction re Joe becoming the Wallabies coach. I was expecting 'mild disappointment' at him taking the job, not effigies being burnt.
To paraphrase Byron Kelleher it’s 1999 all over again
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
I don't have a problem with him doing it, it is the fact he was so reticent to take a role with the abs. But straight into head coach in Oz, like wtf?
Second tier nation. Totally different
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And if Joe takes a ragtag Aussie team and beats NZ does that make him God to Razor’s Jesus?
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@MiketheSnow well that's the thing: AB fans have a get-out-of-jail-free card via Eddie's utter incompetence.
All Joe has to do is pick the right players and point them in the same direction, and we can win the odd game against the ABs.
Rennie did it, after all.
