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Lancaster
Meyer
World 10's Championship wining coach Nestor
Tom / Asst Choice Bro
Jake White
The Blackadder
Taipan McIssac
Wessells
SCOTT Wisemantel
Brian SMITH
Wikipedia him. What did we do before Wikipedia?
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
I think we should all name our sources or reasons for putting forward names for the position of WF Head Coach. I reckon Tabai Matson will get it because his best mate from primary school told me.
His time at Leinster was not as good as the records show. He took over a top notch team from Joe Schmidt, and to quote some of the Leinster supporters he did nothing but send them backwards.
"The next Leinster coach doesn't have to be as successful as Schmidt but must at least play a better brand or running creative rugby. If that occurs, given the quality in this Leinster squad, success should follow.
"We can thank Matt but I hope nobody starts romanticising his tenure at Leinster where he took the best running team in Europe at the time and ran their creative running streak into the ground.
This is not what the force need at this time.
As of 29 May 2016[note 6]
Coach Season(s) GP W D L Win % Loss % Championships / Notes
Wales Mike Ruddock 1997–98 – 1999–00 34 16 0 18 47.1% 52.9% Interprovincial Championship (1998)
Australia Matt Willams 2000–01 – 2002–03 46 31 3 12 67.4% 26.1% Pro12 (2002)
Interprovincial Championship (2002)
Australia Gary Ella 2003–04 30 14 2 14 46.7% 46.7%
Ireland Declan Kidney 2004–05 25 17 1 7 68% 28%
Ireland Gerry Murphy 2004–05 4 2 0 2 50% 50% Interim Coach
Australia Michael Cheika 2005–06 – 2009–10 134 88 4 42 65.7% 31.3% Pro12 (2008)
European Cup (2009)
New Zealand Joe Schmidt 2010–11 – 2012–13 99 77 3 19 77.8% 19.2% European Cup (2011), (2012)
Challenge Cup (2013)
Pro12 (2013)
Australia Matt O'Connor 2013–14 – 2014–15 61 40 5 16 65.6% 26.2% Pro12 (2014)
Ireland Leo Cullen 2015–16 – 30 18 0 12 60% 40%
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leinster_Rugby
Last edited by Kalahard; 27-07-16 at 10:25.
Matt O'Connor has pretty comparable win stats to Michael Cheika as coach of Leinster 65.7% vs 65.6%. A better loss percentage of 26.2% compared to Cheikas 31.3%.
This in no ways shows what relationship he had with the players.
When they've finished in Brazil, and hopefully brought back a gold, how about Tim Walsh, the Australian women's 7s coach?
Does only seem to have coached 7s, mind.
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
I was half right, Blackadder to Bath with Tabai Matson as his assistant.