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Re: The streets of Conor O'Shea and Italy will separate
DIR By: Adrian
Date: September 11, 2019, 10:01 am
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--- Quote from: honkytonk link ---
>
> There was a tweet today I read (forgot where it was from tbh)
but it mentioned that COS would be heading either to the RFU to
work on the Development side, or to Sale. Howley heading to
Italy.
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This one?
HTML https://twitter.com/jamescolesky/status/1171445766662942720?s=19
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Re: The streets of Conor O'Shea and Italy will separate
DIR By: poorfour
Date: September 11, 2019, 10:07 am
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COS has said publicly on more than one occasion that he doesn't
want the Ireland job and wouldn't accept it if offered. I can't
remember how he phrased it but the gist was that the job changes
your relationship to Ireland permanently, and he would rather
keep his relationship with the country of his birth separate
from his job.
He's got a long standing reputation as a system builder -
initially at the RFU (where he's generally viewed as the person
who created the modern academy set up). Stuart Lancaster
succeeded him in that role when he went to do something similar
for the English Institute of Sport, and came to Quins when the
funding model for English sport was changed and the EIS role was
gutted. At Quins, he inherited a team that was more or less
where it needed to be and added the finishing touches.
Most people I've spoken to on the club coaching side are of the
view that 2011-12 was the club overachieving in the face of
Sarries' blatant overspending (and have hinted that they weren't
the only ones), and we did well to stay in contention as long as
we did, especially given that JTH and Lowe picked up career
ending injuries when we wouldn't have expected to replace them
for some time.
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Re: The streets of Conor O'Shea and Italy will separate
DIR By: honkytonk
Date: September 11, 2019, 10:08 am
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Thats the one
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Re: The streets of Conor O'Shea and Italy will separate
DIR By: Jay
Date: September 11, 2019, 3:11 pm
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Can't find it but at the beginning of his tenure in Italy he was
to look at the overall game in Italy.
As such he has been instrumental in the improvement of Benetton
and Zebra which in the long run has to help the Italian national
team. But 4 years isn't enough for this to happen. His successor
will probably reap the benefits.
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