{"id":406438,"date":"2024-06-26T03:45:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T03:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=406438"},"modified":"2024-06-26T06:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T06:05:52","slug":"waratahs-land-wallabies-slayer-for-crucial-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=406438","title":{"rendered":"Waratahs land Wallabies slayer for crucial role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/nsw-waratahs-2667\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"NSW Waratahs\">NSW Waratahs<\/a> \ufeffare set to unveil Wallabies slayer Simon Raiwalui as their new Super Rugby Pacific director of performance.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/rugby-union\/last-year-he-helped-knock-the-wallabies-out-of-the-world-cup-now-his-job-is-to-fix-the-waratahs-20240626-p5jovo.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sydney Morning Herald reported that \ufeffthe 49-year-old would be officially named in the role on Friday\">Sydney Morning Herald reported that \ufeffthe 49-year-old would be officially named in the role on Friday<\/a> as the Waratahs move to rebuild from the rubble of a wooden spoon season.<\/p>\n<p>Raiwalui was born in Auckland but raised in Sydney and is a former Wallabies forwards coach under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/rugby\/news-2024-leicester-tigers-sack-dan-mckellar-replacement-michael-cheika-20240623-p5jny5.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Michael Cheika.\">Michael Cheika.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch Wallabies vs Wales, All Blacks vs England and Springboks vs Ireland,<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/9.nine.com.au\/KRnrlm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"exclusively ad free, live and on demand on Stan Sport\"><strong><em>exclusively ad free, live and on demand on Stan Sport<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"b2bb0523-9507-43b8-b751-3cbbb2959f29\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b2bb0523-9507-43b8-b751-3cbbb2959f29\" alt=\"Simon Raiwalui of Fiji speaks with Eddie Jones of Australia.\" data-width=\"4103\" data-height=\"2734\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ex-lock coached Fiji at last year&#x27;s Rugby World Cup, stunning the Wallabies 22-15 in Saint-Etienne.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time the island nation had beaten Australia at a World Cup and led to the demise of Eddie Jones as coach.<\/p>\n<p>Raiwalui has since been working for World Rugby.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOLLOW LIVE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin-2024-game-two-live-scores-nsw-blues-qld-maroons-updates-results-videos-highlights-latest-news-20240626-p5josk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>State of Origin game two blog<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/the-mole-exclusive-2024-news-wayne-bennett-rabbitohs-signing-david-nofoaluma-return-20240625-p5jorw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Bennett lands first &#x27;key&#x27; signing as veteran brushed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/t20-world-cup-2024-australia-eliminated-steve-smith-jake-fraser-mcgurk-selections-mark-taylor-reaction-exclusive-20240626-p5jos8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Missed&#x27; call burns Aussies in shock World Cup blow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"20d9f13a-8d02-40b1-ab1a-4a379bd4f344\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20d9f13a-8d02-40b1-ab1a-4a379bd4f344-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Coach Simon Raiwalui of Fiji during a press conference.\" data-width=\"5250\" data-height=\"3500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He will bring significant clout to the vital role and is eager to give back to the state he is passionate about.<\/p>\n<p>Raiwalui <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/rugby\/world-cup-2023-fiji-news-coach-simon-raiwalui-on-beating-wallabies-in-pool-c-clash-20230919-p5j77e.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"explained the differences in resources\">explained the differences in resources<\/a> between Fiji and Australia in France last year.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;ve prepared with what we&#x27;ve got the best we can. You maybe don&#x27;t get psychologists but we&#x27;ve got other things,&quot; he said.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>NEW PODCAST! Michael Atkinson and Sam Worthington discuss Simon Raiwalui&#x27;s link with the Waratahs and the Wallabies squad<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/rugby-world-cup-inside-line\/the-winners-losers-from-the-wallabies-squad\/embed?in_playlist=podcast&amp;style=Cover\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-omnypodcast\" data-show-caption=\"false\">https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/rugby-world-cup-inside-line\/the-winners-losers-from-the-wallabies-squad\/embed?in_playlist=podcast&amp;style=Cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;We were able to bring a in reverend who came in to talk about mental wellbeing, being in connection with our religion, being in connection with our people, our game and our campaign being geared to what&#x27;s important to us as Fijians.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;So we have those sort of things. Yeah, we always want more resources. But you have to make do with what you have.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;ll take more matches over resources, the more matches we get at this level, outside the World Cup. If Fiji can get those tier one matches more regularly, you&#x27;ve seen what these boys can do when they get that regular competition.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"af45d1bb-991d-48f4-9817-78c5bf88403a\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/af45d1bb-991d-48f4-9817-78c5bf88403a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Australia coach Michael Cheika with forwards coach Simon Raiwalui.\" data-width=\"3598\" data-height=\"2358\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Attention now turns to the identity of the next Waratahs coach.<\/p>\n<p>Former Wallabies assistants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/rugby\/australia-news-2024-nsw-waratahs-coaching-contenders-dan-mckellar-emerges-20240624-p5jobq.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Dan McKellar and Scott Wisemantel have emerged as \ufeffstrong candidates to replace Darren Coleman.\">Dan McKellar and Scott Wisemantel have emerged as \ufeffstrong candidates to replace Darren Coleman.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the ACT Brumbies have hired West Harbour coach Cameron Treloar as their general manager of professional rugby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The NSW Waratahs \ufeffare set to unveil Wallabies slayer Simon Raiwalui as their new Super Rugby Pacific director of performance. The Sydney Morning Herald reported <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=406438\" title=\"Waratahs land Wallabies slayer for crucial role\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":332163,"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\/406438"}],"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=406438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406441,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406438\/revisions\/406441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/332163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}