{"id":405822,"date":"2024-06-24T05:44:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T05:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=405822"},"modified":"2024-06-24T07:06:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T07:06:57","slug":"a-great-appointment-twist-in-nsw-coaching-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=405822","title":{"rendered":"'A great appointment': Twist in NSW coaching race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan McKellar's \ufeff"mutually agreed" split with the Leicester Tigers could prove a godsend for the NSW Waratahs<\/a> as they hunt a compelling coach to lift them out of the Super Rugby Pacific doldrums.<\/p>\n

McKellar, the former Brumbies coach and Wallabies<\/a> assistant, lasted just one season as Leicester boss, finishing eighth of 10 teams before the Premiership club opted to go in a different direction.<\/p>\n

Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is reportedly a leading contender to replace his compatriot at the Tigers<\/a> while the timing is intriguing from a Waratahs perspective.<\/p>\n

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\"Taniela<\/p>\n

McKellar built a strong Super Rugby record with the Brumbies and NSW are keen to move swiftly in locking up both a coach and a head of performance.<\/p>\n

"It would be a great appointment," Randwick coach Stephen Hoiles, who has also been linked with a Waratahs role, told Stan Sport's Between Two Posts<\/em>.<\/p>\n

"I know the Waratahs are going for a head of performance and a head coach. He's (McKellar) probably one of the few coaches here that has the skillset to do both – heading up the programme at the Brumbies for such a long time.<\/p>\n

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\"Leicester<\/p>\n

"I think the area that he covers – like his set piece, his scrum, his maul – his record is excellent in Canberra.<\/p>\n

"Didn't finish well at a club in England but they're a powerful club and there's probably a fair bit of pressure."<\/p>\n

Morgan Turinui, the former Melbourne Rebels assistant, said McKellar \ufeff"would be a wonderful candidate" to coach the Waratahs, who parted ways with Darren Coleman after a wooden spoon season.<\/p>\n

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"I'm interested in his mindset," Turinui said.<\/p>\n

"He's a Queenslander who was so passionate about his time at the Brumbies. The Tahs job for him is not just a job… it's the enemy for two parts of his life. His emotional attachment to lots of his jobs has been important. It's just what his top two inches are thinking."<\/p>\n

Another former Wallabies assistant, Scott Wisemantel, has also been linked with the NSW coaching role while Simon Raiwalui and Nick Stiles are reportedly short listed for the high performance job.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dan McKellar's \ufeff"mutually agreed" split with the Leicester Tigers could prove a godsend for the NSW Waratahs as they hunt a compelling coach to lift […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":405824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=405822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405827,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405822\/revisions\/405827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/405824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=405822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=405822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=405822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}