As the dust settles from the Rugby World Cup #RWC2015 the storm cloud are gathering. England Rugby has parted company with Stuart Lancaster and are saying that they may appoint a “foreign coach for the first time”.
This could mean that when the World Cup comes round in Japan
#RWC2019 there may not be a single country coached by a coach from the shores
of the UK. Lancaster had signed a contract through to 2020! But the contract
allowed a review to negotiate after the World Cup…. So what makes a good coach
it surely can`t just be the accent!
When Japan comes round there may also be a shortage of UK
referees. Those in charge of rugby #worldrugby always talk about the age of
referees. It is their policy to promote the `younger referees`. It was
therefore really pleasing to hear Nigel Owens – clearly the best referee in the
world at the moment – who was being interviewed on BBC`s Hardtalk #bbchardtalk
state that he was hoping to be around for the tournament in Japan when he will
only be 44years young. “If you are good enough you are young enough”
Nigel`s lifestory has been well documented both in print and
in the BBC Wales documentary and this has endeared him to both rugby players
and supporters alike. He is superb when it comes to `one-liners`. One of his best
being when a ball was thrown squint in the line-out Nigel blew his whistle and
said “Crikey, I`m straighter than that!”. Truly one of Rugby`s great
characters.
For every winner there is a loser and from losing can come
the determination to make sure that you change into a winner, but it only comes
from hard work --- Ask an All Black. Does their dust ever
settle?! www.rugbyplus.com/club-int-I-replica/newzealand.html
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