{"id":324098,"date":"2023-08-17T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=324098"},"modified":"2023-08-17T01:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T01:58:11","slug":"wallabies-assistant-quits-hours-before-france-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=324098","title":{"rendered":"Wallabies assistant quits hours before France flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wallabies<\/a> assistant coach Brad Davis will not be on the departing flight to France on Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to The Roar, Eddie Jones'<\/a> off-sider has quit due to personal reasons on the day the team will leave for the Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n

Rugby Australia has confirmed Davis will return to the United Kingdom to deal with a personal matter.<\/p>\n

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Before the club hit financial troubles, Davis had been on secondment from London Irish to Rugby Australia to work with the Wallabies\ufeff.<\/p>\n

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Davis was announced as the Wallabies attack coach in May but is said to be disillusioned with the coaching environment under Jones.<\/p>\n

The former English Premiership defence coach is reportedly in line to join Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> outfit the Queensland Reds<\/a> as its defence coach under Les Kiss.\u00a0\ufeff<\/p>\n

The pair have a previous relationship having worked together at London Irish, Davis as Kiss' assistant coach.<\/p>\n

It's a startling revelation less than weeks out from their warm-up match against France.<\/p>\n

Davis came to the Wallabies as an experienced coach and former rugby league player, who spent his career playing in the UK's Super League.<\/p>\n

\ufeffBetween 1992 and 2006, he made 215 appearances for clubs including Castleford, Huddersfield, and Wakefield.<\/p>\n

It's not yet clear whether Davis will be replaced at short notice. <\/p>\n

Jones may be able to find support from Australia A and the Barbarians\ufeff. However, those coaches said to be available – Jason Gilmore, Laurie Fisher, and Nathan Grey – all have defence backgrounds rather than attack.<\/p>\n

In any case, Jones will front media on Thursday at Sydney International Airport before flying out.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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