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In what way? A Taranaki takeover (coach and CEO)?

Ferdi played for Waikato and was also a Chiefs captain so has an association with them.

KiwiPie

@kiwipie

In what way? A Taranaki takeover (coach and CEO)?

Ferdi played for Waikato and was also a Chiefs captain so has an association with them.

In a totally bad-punnish way based totally on his name!

mikedogz

https://www.facebook.com/frontrowclub/videos/1503631596391335/

Stargazer

Also injury & recovery related:

http://www.instagram.com/p/BbvtsU0BQGr/

Text:

brad_weber9: Everyone always told me I had a screw loose, so thought it was time to get that sucker taken out.

Did not realise the screw in my hip was this big! Looking forward to pain free running now that this bad boy is outta there

Nepia

@mikedogz said in Super Rugby News:

https://www.facebook.com/frontrowclub/videos/1503631596391335/

Yeah he still had the moonboot when I was @jegga style having coffee with him and his family in Barangaroo last month.

pakman

@nepia said in Super Rugby News:

Yeah he still had the moonboot when I was @jegga style having coffee with him and his family in Barangaroo last month.

Good work: in the words of Col. Jegga, '...you want me on that wall -- you need me on that wall.'?!

Stargazer

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

Stargazer

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

Derm McCrum

@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-team

That’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.

chimoaus

Very interesting, you would have to assume he would be taking a pay cut from a well funded French club to the Crusaders. Maybe he just wants to be involved in the NZ system to see what its all about.

raznomore

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.

antipodean

@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?

Derm McCrum

@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?

Stargazer

@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.

Billy Tell

@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...

jegga

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

Tim

@jegga Some people are so dammned sensitive. That was comparable to using "G'day mate".

antipodean

@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.
How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman? None.

booboo

@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 ...

jegga

@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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