Dwyer to look into rugby woe
A COACHING summit will be held by the ARU within a month to address the shocking results of the Super Rugby franchises this season.
World Cup-winning coach Bob Dwyer and former national coaching director Dick Marks will be involved in talks with Super Rugby and Wallabies coaching staff to find answers to Australia’s alarming decline.
The slide is highlighted by the Australian teams’ woeful record of three wins, one draw and 27 losses against overseasbased Super Rugby sides this season.
The ARU’s general manager of high performance, Ben Whitaker, revealed that the sitdown would occur in weeks, but would not include a range of other coaching specialists including Rod Macqueen and Alan Jones as suggested by pundits.
“I don’t think getting everybody in one room initially would work, because those guys would demand airtime which should given their credentials, but we’ve made contact with Bob Dwyer and Dick Marks to start off with,” Whitaker said.
“We certainly don’t sit there thinking we’ve got all the answers.
“We’re in a rut but do players become duds overnight? Certainly not.
“I think everyone has got part of the answer but we need the whole answer.
“We’re performing poorly at the moment but I do think it is something that can be fixed reasonably quickly.” d