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Sale Sharks part ways with coach with immediate effect
By Josh Raisey
Sale Sharks have confirmed the immediate exit of defence coach Jamie Langley, who has returned to rugby league.
The former England and Great Britain rugby league international joined the club in 2021 as peak performance coach, as part of a coaching set-up that had a strong league influence with Paul Deacon and Mike Forshaw.
Forshaw joined Warren Gatland's Wales coaching staff in early 2023, ushering the way for Langley to take over as defence coach.
The 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership runners-up have made a mixed start to their league campaign, winning three of six matches.
The 40-year-old has joined Super League's Leeds Rhinos as an assistant coach under new coach Brad Arthur.
Sale will announce Langley's replacement in the coming days.
Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson said: “Jamie is a hugely popular figure at the club and he has been an invaluable part of our coaching team for more than three years now.
“He’s played a huge role in the success we’ve had in the last three seasons and I’ve got no doubt he’ll go on to achieve great things in whatever he chooses to do next.
“Everyone at the club wishes him all the very best for the future."
After his return to league, Langley said: “I am really looking forward to coming back to rugby league after a very enjoyable time with Sale Sharks in rugby union.
"It was a great experience, and I had the opportunity to work with world class players and coaches as well. Now felt like the right time to come back to rugby league as it was an unbelievable opportunity to come to a club like Leeds."
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My takeaway from the game was that Ireland are a team in decline.
It's a very old squad, and you wonder how long the likes of JGP, Lowe, Aki, Murray, Henshaw, Ringrose, Healy - all players in their early to mid 30's will be able to continue to perform.
When you have a 35-year-old in Murray replacing JGP for the AB game is very telling and that a 37 Cian Healy is still playing at this level, which means as he only plays limited minutes running down World Class talent Porter into the ground.
That Argentina was able to chase Ireland down and be in a position to draw or win in the last play of the game was telling. A couple of years ago, Argentina would have been blown off the park but now...
So yip, I think by the 2027 WC Ireland will very much have fallen back into the pack - will still have a great pack but will not be among the favourites for the WC.
Go to commentsThe draw was made using the rankings from just after RWC 2019 (when England, Wales were in top4 and Scotland were ranked #9). Literally the rankings between world cups counted for nothing. What is the point of the rankings (beyond confusing SA and NZ supporters)? Bill Beamont was apologizing for the draw being 3 years before the RWC knowing full well the rankings were 4 years out. It's downright suspicious. England for example nearly made a final over it.
If SA and NZ could have chosen a knock out match to face France and Ireland it would be the QFs. Their players had massive experience over two RWCs of winning KO matches including two world cups. Ireland and France had a combined total of zero experience. Yes SA and NZ had to be beaten on the way but France and Ireland's best shot was in a semi with a QF won and all teams with a hard match in their legs.
Imagine that semi final line up? Takem away by World Rugby for non transparent reasons.
Spare a thought for Scotland having World Champs and World no1s in their group and they would have had to play NZ in a QF had they staggered through. They were ranked #5 but were ranked #9 just after RWC 2019 so they were eliminated from 2023 more or less based on their 2023 performance.
I don't believe this was a competence issue. The SF lineup was almost NZ/WAL and SA/ENG. That's how important the seedings are. Ireland, France and Scotland put admirable efforts into major improvements only to end up in farce pools. Not good enough.
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