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Defence coach at centre of Bristol Twitter accusations joins Exeter
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Exeter have announced the appointment of Omar Mouneimne as defence coach. Mouneimne, who spent the last two years with the Chiefs’ Gallagher Premiership rivals Bristol, takes over from Julian Salvi following his departure in April.
“I wanted to get a bit of a change in vibe in the coaching room, as well as the actual tactics and techniques we would be using,” Exeter rugby director Rob Baxter said.
“I’ve known Omar around the Premiership for a few years now and knew he was available, so I met up with him and had a very good meeting.
“He has a lot of experience, whether it be club level or at international level, which I think will be very important to us.
“Having a fresh voice for the players, whether it be in the way he talks or the way he challenges them, it will be good to have that little something different.”
Mouneimne had been the centre of accusations regarding social media prior to his mid-season exit from the Bears.
It was widely reported last month that the defence coach had been accused of using a burner account to criticise Bristol DoR Pat Lam anonymously online.
According to reports, at least one player had confronted Mouneimne after they claimed that information shared on the anonymous Twitter account could only have been imparted by someone from within the organisation. He denied that he was behind the burner account.
He left Bristol by mutual consent before their final game of the season.
Prior to Bristol Bears, he had worked with the Italian national team and Worcester Warriors.
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
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That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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