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Former All Black joins Auckland coaching staff
By RugbyPass
Filo Tiatia has joined former All Black teammate Alama Ieremia's Auckland coaching staff.
The two-cap All Black most recently coached the Sunwolves before being replaced by Jamie Joseph.
Tiatia adds to Auckland's already impressive coaching stable, where he will join Ieremia, Tai Lavea and Sir Graham Henry.
46-year-old Tiatia is excited to be involved with the famous province, who have won New Zealand's domestic competition a record 16 times.
“It’s always been a passion of mine to coach an established and proud province.
"I’ve been overseas for a long time growing, learning and shaping my craft for almost 17 years, so when the chance came up to apply it was an easy decision for me.”
Tiatia's primary role will be working with the forwards, where he plied his trade at the highest level for 19 years.
Head Coach Alama Ieremia is looking forward to seeing the impact Tiatia's energy and innovation has on the team.
“The forwards are the soul of your team, and the energy and experience Filo brings will reflect the character and desire of this Auckland side in the collision areas.”
“Filo has shown his innovation through his previous coaching work with the Sunwolves in Super Rugby.
"Their contact, lineout and set-piece showed how to work with the players you have to maximise their effectiveness on the field.”
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(I don't actually think England should do this, given Chessum, Itoje, and Martin are so good. I guess CCS could be the fourth choice lock, and an injury crisis at lock could see CCS, Curry, Underhill, and Earl all on the field at once).
Go to commentsTasty question SK, but yes more of a sibling rivalry with Aussie, elder vs. younger brother!
England has to be Grandad [for everyone!], but a bit of a Bad Santa and not always loveable.
I am not convinced that they would not gain more from a potential tour win in 2025 with all of their players involved than by withdrawing them and saying 'se ya in 2027' though.
The French national team was cut a huge amount of slack by LNR to prepare for a home RWC in 2023 and look how that turned out. So I am not sure French self-interest leads in the same direction as Galthie thinks it does.
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