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Confirmed - O'Gara released from Racing to take up Super Rugby role

Racing 92 defence coach Ronan O’Gara

Parisian side Racing 92 have confirmed that Ronan O’Gara will be released from his contract at the club to take up a coaching role with the BNZ Crusaders in Super Rugby.

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The former Munster flyhalf will take up his new position with the storied New Zealand franchise from the 1st of January.

O’Gara joined the Paris based club in 2013 and had been under contract until 2019, but has instead decided to take up the new role alongside Super Rugby winning coach Scott Robertson.

In a statement, Racing said O’Gara would take up the role in a bid to “enrich his rugby knowledge and improve his training methods” and that they “did not want to deprive one of its faithful servants of a great opportunity”.

As a player, O’Gara boasts a Six Nations Grand Slam with Ireland and two European Champions Cups with Munster. He also participated in three Lions tours, including the ill-fated trip to New Zealand in 2005.

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IkeaBoy 8 minutes ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Define related? On the payroll do you mean?

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IkeaBoy 8 minutes ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

The english press was certainly insufferable, considering the final just a formality.


I’m not sure in which universe the boks v wales semi would be considered ‘physical.’

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IkeaBoy 12 minutes ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

He wasn’t always going to start. He wasn’t even named in the original RWC squad due to his injury woes. He eventually took Max’s spot in the tournament but there was no way he was even certain to take part let alone start.

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GrahamVF 18 minutes ago
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I watched the game. The Blues were very poor. Tele’a was caught out of position time and time again until he finally had a brain explosion and went for the old tip tackle which as Brian O’Driscoll will tell you, still surfaces every now and then.

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GrahamVF 35 minutes ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

You said somewhere - couldn’t be bothered to find the exact comment - that none of the home nations tested schoolboys. Obviously another Irish fact.


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England, New Zealand and South Africa the three preeminent rugby nations all test schoolboys because they believe that peer and parental pressure is highest at elite schoolboy level.

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Also, Warriors have won the trophy twice, although it was the Pro12 at the time.

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Schoolhouse2 56 minutes ago
Glasgow hit back at Stephen Donald's 'absolutely unfounded' comments

Also, Warriors have won the trophy twice, although it was the Pro12 at the time.

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Schoolhouse2 1 hour ago
Glasgow hit back at Stephen Donald's 'absolutely unfounded' comments

That’ll be the Stephen Donald who was part of the Bath team I watched losing to Glasgow in 2011.

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GrahamVF 1 hour ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

The fact is that England, South Africa, New `Zealand at least - not sure about the rest all trest scho0olboys as they are the most vulnerable to peer and parent pressure. Ireland send an U19 side to the WC most of whom have never been tested.

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MT 1 hour ago
Glasgow hit back at Stephen Donald's 'absolutely unfounded' comments

It’s the same in every competition played everywhere in the world. The same issue with competitiveness is happening in Super rugby. It needs an Aussie team to win it to be more relevant or Fijian Drua. Because the truth is its not an exclusive New Zealand competition, nowthat would rattle their feathers a bit. Coach of the year in the Urc for me is Massimo Brunnelli Zebre. Incredible job with very limited resources.

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Damodeb 1 hour ago
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GrahamVF 1 hour ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Is he related to BRYCE LAWRENCE.

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GrahamVF 1 hour ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

The Boks had one of the most physical games of the tournament in the semi against Wales. Let move on past we were tired story. England were almost universal favourites to win that final.

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WI 1 hour ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Bryce Lawrence certainly played a part in it. However that game was the culmination of not being able to adapt to that Wallaby team under Robbie Deans since they beat the Boks in Brisbane in 2009. They won in S.A at altitude in 2010, then beat the Boks again in S.A in 2011. So when the World Cup rolled around, there was a sense the Wallabies had the measure of that Bok team.


It is just eerily similar to Heyneke Meyer’s record of 1/8 VS the All Blacks, the Boks tried to do what they always do and when it did not work, they did it again.

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JW 1 hour ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

LOL no my agena was that I’d been pointing it out for ages!

That’s from the mouth of a guy who uses data analysis every day. Median is a useful tool, but much less wieldy than Mean for big datasets.

Which is exactly what we don’t have.


Obviously you can have those sorts of players but they are irrelevant to the discussion with there rarity. I wasn’t trying to narrow it down, just give the right picture of a player like you described above more succinctly (actually knew names and weights).


Those are not big flankers though. I was more pointing to their use of locks of a similar size.


Go look up their stats on all.rugby if you don’t believe me.

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Ed the Duck 1 hour ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Pretty clear that it’s been proven now beyond all reasonable doubt who is casting aspersions, yet repeatedly afraid to substantiate them when challenged.


Happy to leave others to judge from here…

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GrahamVF 1 hour ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

He got hooked because it was a knock out game. Pollard needed some serious game time before the final where he was always going to start.

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