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Davidson's impressive stint at promoted Brive earns contract reward

Coach Jeremy Davidson is impressing at Brive (Photo by Romain Perrocheau/Getty Images)

Irish coach Jeremy Davidson has had a huge endorsement in France – with Top 14 outfit Brive extending his contract through to 2023. 

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Davidson’s coaching career had reached a crossroads in 2011 when he was forced out as an assistant at his native Ulster.

However, the 1997 Test series-winning Lions lock soon returned to France, where he had played and coached at Castres, to take up the reins at unheralded Pro D2 club Aurillac. 

Having turned them into challengers for Top 14 promotion and moved on to assist Bordeaux, relegated Brive came calling in summer 2018. He soon got them back into the top flight and they have quickly progressed, winning five of their opening ten games this season. 

“I’m delighted to continue this very beautiful adventure in Brive,” said Davidson. “We feel very happy in Correze with my family. We are building something exceptional for the club. We all have the same desire to succeed.”

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Club president Simon Gillham added: “We are delighted that Jeremy has agreed to continue the adventure with us until at least 2023.

“He was the architect of the comeback in the Top 14. We know that with him we will continue to progress at all levels of the club. He is an example to us all, because of his work and his values.”

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Ainsley is better than our next best tighthead options and has been playing well at scrum time for Lyon in the most competitive comp in the world. Superstar player? No. But better than the next best options. So that is a good enough guide. The scrummaging in the Prem is pretty good too so there is Sio's proof. Same analysis for him. Certainly better in both cases than Super, where the brumbies had the worst win loss and scrum pen in Super. Who plays there? Ohh yes... And the level of scrummaging in Super is well below the URC, prem and France with the SA teams out.


Nongorr is truly woeful. He's 130kg and gets shoved about. That just should not be happening at that weight for a specialist prop who has always played rugby cf pone with leauge. He has had enough time to develop at 23. You'd be better off with Pone who is at least good around the field for the moment and sending Nongorr on exchange to France or England to see if they can improve him with better coaching as happened with Skelton and Meafou. He isn't going to develop in time in super if he has it at all.


Latu is a better scrummaging hooker than BPA and Nasser. and he's the best aussie player over the ball at ruck time. McReight's super jackling percentage hasnt converted to international level but latu consistently does it at heniken level, which is similar to test level in the big games. With good coaching at La Rochelle he's much improved though still has the odd shocker. He should start the November games.

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