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Ex-England boss Lancaster snaps up French legend to assist Racing

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Ex-England boss Stuart Lancaster has made a bold statement about his future plans for Racing 92, the Parisians announcing that Freddie Michalak will join the staff on a three-year deal this summer. Currently the senior coach at Leinster, where he has worked since September 2016, Lancaster was named earlier this season as the incoming Racing director of rugby for the 2023/24 season onwards.

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He has since been formulating his ideas and one of them is the now-confirmed recruitment of ex-France out-half Michalak. The club made the announcement by tweeting: “Bienvenue Fred!”

An accompanying statement read: “Racing 92 is pleased to formalise the signing of Frederic Michalak within its technical team. He is committed for three seasons and will join the workforce under the direction of Stuart Lancaster from the 2023/24 season.”

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The 40-year-old Michalak is currently working at Toulon as a consultant in charge of individual player development.

After earning the last of his 77 Test caps for France at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the tournament that ended Lancaster’s time in charge of England, Michalak has since worked as a project manager at Lyon, as general secretary of Monaco Rugby Sevens, as asssistant coach of the Sydney Roosters, and as kick game consultant for the Cronulla Sharks.

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Hellhound 2 hours ago
South Africa will beat England at a canter

You forget that this was the 3rd Test between the AB's and the English this year. They were prepared and they knew how to keep NZ quiet. The Boks is not NZ.


The Boks is a whole other level. You overestimate England and underestimate the Boks. Clearly you haven't really looked at the teams. Besides the Irish games earlier this year, the Boks have mainly used experimental sides, even against the AB's.


Now they have chosen their best team available. They have targeted this game. The Boks mean business. Man for man, this Bok team is better. In strategy and player abilities there is no comparison and they are outmatched.


There isn't just monster strength, but unreal speed. In broken play there is currently no better team as well as defensively, not to even talk about the attacking threat, both from front and the back.


I'd say read between the lines, see what everyone is seeing, but clearly you are wearing blinders and is also putting too much emphasis on an AB's team the Boks beat twice this year, the same AB's that beaten England 3 times this year.


When Rassie gets serious, the players become machines. There is no stopping them. That bench is loaded with players that is fast, strong and have exceptional skills. This is a team not many teams will face before the 2027 WC, because the Boks doesn't use their best between WC's in one game. All experimental.


You will be proven wrong on Saturday and then you will wonder how you could have been so wrong. This Bok team means serious business. They came to conquer and not just by a close score. They want to demolish and they will. This England team at most is a 60 min team. Against the Boks that just won't cut it

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