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'He will be missed' - Assistant coach confirms Glasgow Warriors exit

Jason O’Halloran

Glasgow Warriors Assistant Coach Jason O’Halloran will leave the club at the end of the season. The former All Black has been a part of the club’s coaching staff since 2017.

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O’Halloran linked up with Scotland ahead of the 2016 Six Nations, working under Vern Cotter for 18 months before joining the Glasgow Warriors.

During his spell at Scotstoun the Warriors have reached a Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final and a Guinness PRO14 Final.

Speaking to glasgowwarriors.org, Jason O’Halloran said: “I have loved my time here. I cannot speak highly enough of this club and the great people involved in it.

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“With my family living back in New Zealand and the pull of being close to them I’ve decided to move on next summer.

“All of my focus until my departure is on ensuring that the club is challenging for silverware at the end of the season.”

Dave Rennie, added: “Jason is a top man and is one of the best attack coaches in the world.

“His contribution to the development of players with Scotland and Glasgow over the last few seasons has been immense. He will be missed.”

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Smith generally isn't well connected to his forward pods; doesn't do a great job of distributing to those around him; and has inferior positional and contestable kicking games than Ford and Fin.


When England have had success over the past few years, its been either through (i) defensive rugby backed up with smart tactical kicking or (ii) high possession attacking phase play based on quick ruck ball. George Ford was key to the implementation of (i) in the RWC, and in the 6N win over Wales, and to the implementation of (ii) in the 6N games against Ireland and France. Smith did great at (ii) when running at tired defenders at the end of the Ireland match, but has never successfully implemented that gameplan from the start of a test because he doesn't distribute or support his forwards enough to create consistent fast ball and build attacks over multiple phases. Instead, his introduction to the starting side has resulted in much more playmaking responsibilities being forced onto whoever plays 9. Alex Mitchell copes ok with that, but I think he looks better with a more involved playmaking 10 outside him, and it really isn't a gameplan that works for JVP or Spencer. As a result of that the outside backs and centres have barely touched the ball when Smith has been at 10.


This might not have been too much of a disaster, as England have seemed to be moving slightly towards the sort of attacking gameplan that France played under Labit and Quins play (I think this was especially their approach when they won the league a few years ago - but its still a part of their play now), which is based on kicking to create broken field rugby. This is (i) a sharp departure from the gameplans that have worked for England in the past few seasons; (ii) bears very little relation to the tactical approaches of the non-Quins players in the England team; and (iii) is an absolute disaster for the blitz defence, which is weak in transition. Unsurprisingly, it has coincided with a sharp decline in England's results.

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