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Schmidt lures former All Black coaching guru to Wallabies staff
By AAP
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has appointed vastly experienced Kiwi Mike Cron as his latest assistant.
Cron has been coaching for more than 30 years, most notably in New Zealand where he was an assistant with the All Blacks for more than 200 Tests.
Having spent time working across six continents, Cron has also been a consultant with World Rugby in recent years.
"Mike has added tremendous value in every programme he has been involved with and brings a wealth of knowledge to our coaching group," Schmidt said.
Cron joins veteran forwards coach Laurie Fisher on Schmidt's team.
Bringing two decades of professional coaching experience to his second stint with the national side, Fisher previously held an assistant role in 2022 under Dave Rennie. The Wallabies on Tuesday also confirmed Chris Thomson has been appointed as team manager.
Thomson joins the Wallabies from the ACT Brumbies, where he has been working in the role of general manager of professional rugby and pathways since 2022. He was previously employed at World Rugby in the high-performance and player development units after a stint as general manager of the Fijian Drua.
"Knowing Chris from his time at World Rugby, he will work extremely hard behind the scenes to make sure we are well organised from an off-field perspective," added Schmidt.
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The way Ratima has been treated he needs to look OS. Same with Perofeta and Love, Hothem too. Razor is a token coach. Gives debuts but very few mins. Also DM too. Just go earn millions elsewhere DM as all you get in NZ is bagging.
BB is coaches favourite and I say let him have BB right thru to the next 2 or maybe even 3 World cups.😁😁 Have JB outside him at 12...That just works so well.
Go to commentsIt certainly needs to be cherished. Despite Nick (and you) highlighting their usefulness for teams like Australia (and obviously those in France they find form with) I (mention it general in those articles) say that I fear the game is just not setup in Aus and NZ to appreciate nor maximise their strengths. The French game should continue to be the destination of the biggest and most gifted athletes but it might improve elsewhere too.
I just have an idea it needs a whole team focus to make work. I also have an idea what the opposite applies with players in general. I feel like French backs and halves can be very small and quick, were as here everyone is made to fit in a model physique. Louis was some 10 and 20 kg smaller that his opposition and we just do not have that time of player in our game anymore. I'm dying out for a fast wing to appear on the All Blacks radar.
But I, and my thoughts on body size in particular, could be part of the same indoctrination that goes on with player physiques by the establishment in my parts (country).
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