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Confirmed: Ronan O'Gara will be released from his contract with Racing92 at the end of the year to take up the position of Assistant Coack (backs) with the Crusaders from the 1st of January.
Media release (in French) from Racing92:
http://www.racing92.fr/fr/Equipe_Pro/Communique_de_presse___Racing_92-Actualite-49-5235.html -
O'Gara's appointment as Crusaders' backs coach now also confirmed by the Crusaders themselves:
https://crusaders.co.nz/news/1161-ronan-o-gara-to-join-bnz-crusaders-coaching-team -
@stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
O'Gara's appointment as Crusaders' backs coach now also confirmed by the Crusaders themselves:
https://crusaders.co.nz/news/1161-ronan-o-gara-to-join-bnz-crusaders-coaching-teamThat’s an interesting development. A number of Irish coaches plying their trade in various unions/comps. O’Shea at Italy national team, Bradley at Zebre, Cullen at Leinster, Jackman at Dragons, McCall at Saracens, Humphreys at Gloucester, Davidson at Bordeaux-Begles, and now O’Gara shifting to Crusaders. I reckon O’Connell is going to try his hand at some point.
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That is a very interesting coaching appointment. After employing a very NH-esque style of back play during much of the Blackadder era, they seem to have gone back to more enterprising, shall we say NZ-esque, play. They now get themselves an NH backs coach....
No doubting his credentials, he is an all time great of the game, but I have massive doubts as to whether he will be the right fit.
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@raznomore said in Super Rugby News:
That is a very interesting coaching appointment. After employing a very NH-esque style of back play during much of the Blackadder era, they seem to have gone back to more enterprising, shall we say NZ-esque, play. They now get themselves an NH backs coach....
No doubting his credentials, he is an all time great of the game, but I have massive doubts as to whether he will be the right fit.
Interesting given he wasn't a noted runner/ passer of the ball in comparison to his contemporaries. Then again, look at the Brumbies under Larkham...
Will there be any New Zealanders involved in the Crusaders soon?
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby News:
@raznomore said in Super Rugby News:
That is a very interesting coaching appointment. After employing a very NH-esque style of back play during much of the Blackadder era, they seem to have gone back to more enterprising, shall we say NZ-esque, play. They now get themselves an NH backs coach....
No doubting his credentials, he is an all time great of the game, but I have massive doubts as to whether he will be the right fit.
Interesting given he wasn't a noted runner/ passer of the ball in comparison to his contemporaries. Then again, look at the Brumbies under Larkham...
Will there be any New Zealanders involved in the Crusaders soon?
Brilliant tee-kicker and field-kicker, but he shifted from kicking coach to defence coach at Racing and presumably is moving to a variant of that role at Crusaders?
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@pot-hale said in Super Rugby News:
@antipodean said in Super Rugby News:
@raznomore said in Super Rugby News:
That is a very interesting coaching appointment. After employing a very NH-esque style of back play during much of the Blackadder era, they seem to have gone back to more enterprising, shall we say NZ-esque, play. They now get themselves an NH backs coach....
No doubting his credentials, he is an all time great of the game, but I have massive doubts as to whether he will be the right fit.
Interesting given he wasn't a noted runner/ passer of the ball in comparison to his contemporaries. Then again, look at the Brumbies under Larkham...
Will there be any New Zealanders involved in the Crusaders soon?
Brilliant tee-kicker and field-kicker, but he shifted from kicking coach to defence coach at Racing and presumably is moving to a variant of that role at Crusaders?
From the article on the stuff website:
O'Gara has signed a one-year deal with the Crusaders, having negotiated an exit from glamour French club Racing Metro as its defence coach. He will arrive in the New Year. NZ Rugby didn't stand in the Super Rugby champions' way. "They (NZ Rugby) were consulted throughout the process," Robertson noted. "It goes both ways, we can all learn from this and they were happy with it." While Robertson and another assistant backs coach, Brad Mooar, are contracted to NZ Rugby, O'Gara's deal is directly with the Crusaders.Mooar will retain the portfolio that proved successful for the Crusaders this year. Among other things he will continue to work with the halfbacks, first-fives and No 12s and be charged with shaping the attack plays and game plans, while O'Gara will take care of the rest of the backline, the counterattack, do a lot of the kicking plans and assist Robertson with the defence. -
@pot-hale said in Super Rugby News:
@antipodean said in Super Rugby News:
@raznomore said in Super Rugby News:
That is a very interesting coaching appointment. After employing a very NH-esque style of back play during much of the Blackadder era, they seem to have gone back to more enterprising, shall we say NZ-esque, play. They now get themselves an NH backs coach....
No doubting his credentials, he is an all time great of the game, but I have massive doubts as to whether he will be the right fit.
Interesting given he wasn't a noted runner/ passer of the ball in comparison to his contemporaries. Then again, look at the Brumbies under Larkham...
Will there be any New Zealanders involved in the Crusaders soon?
Brilliant tee-kicker and field-kicker, but he shifted from kicking coach to defence coach at Racing and presumably is moving to a variant of that role at Crusaders?
...supposedly he's coming as attack coach with the motto: have a go, have a craic...
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Shit I hope these spud munchers never read my posts about the leprechaust of 2012
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11947250
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@tim said in Super Rugby News:
@jegga Some people are so dammned sensitive. That was comparable to using "G'day mate".
Jesus. I wonder how they'd respond to my favourite Irish joke then? Not well I'd imagine. Petals.
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@booboo said in Super Rugby News:
@tim said in Super Rugby News:
@jegga Some people are so dammned sensitive. That was comparable to using "G'day mate".
Or calling a Scotsman a Jock ...
They seem ok with Porridge wog though.
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Top o the morning to ya' is the equivalent to G'day mate???
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@pot-hale said in Super Rugby News:
Top o the morning to ya' is the equivalent to G'day mate???
Do you mean no one actually says "g'day mate"?Only the same category of yokel that would say 'top o the morning'.
'G'day' by itself is widely used still but 'G'day mate' is something you expect to hear in an Australian outback pub
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@pot-hale said in Super Rugby News:
Top o the morning to ya' is the equivalent to G'day mate???
Do you mean no one actually says "g'day mate"?Depends on the company you keep, still seems pretty common over here, obviously it’s not something you’d expect from expats slowly going native in the Uk
I saw the Commitments when it came out so I have a good grounding in Irish culture and customs . Didn’t notice anyone saying top of the morning but apparently you all identify as black hence the sensitivity over race.
