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Coleman joins Waratahs in Super Rugby on 3-year deal
July 1, 2021 GMT
SYDNEY (AP) Darren Coleman is leaving the Major League Rugby-leading L.A. Giltinis to take over as head coach of the New South Wales Waratahs on a three-year contract.
The Sydney-based Waratahs struggled with an inexperienced squad and placed last after 13 consecutive losses in the 2021 Super Rugby season. Rob Penney was fired as head coach in March, leaving assistants Jason Gilmore and Chris Whitaker to guide the team on an interim basis.
The 48-year-old Coleman had coaching stints at three clubs in Sydney’s elite competition before guiding Warringah to the Shute Shield title in 2017. The following season he took over the then-last place Gordon Highlanders and guided the club to the title in 2020.
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Jordie Barrett missed two late penalties as the ACT Brumbies notched up only the second win by an Australian team in the Super Rugby Trans Tasman competition on Saturday with a narrow 12-10 victory over the Hurricanes in Canberra.
Barrett sent a pair of penalty attempts wide of the posts in the final three minutes as the Brumbies chalked up their first win of the tournament against a Hurricanes side that had been looking to return to the top of the standings.
The result leaves the Blues at the top of the competition.
Jordie Barrett reacts to their loss to the Brumbies in Canberra
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The Queensland Reds hang on against Waikato s Chiefs to record the first Australian win in the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition.
Vice-captain Alex Newsome has laid bare the feeling of despair and humiliation inside the walls of the New South Wales Waratahs as their Super Rugby season from hell continues. Winless in 11 games, the Waratahs leaked another 54 points on the weekend and have conceded an average of 56 points a game in three heavy trans-Tasman defeats to the Crusaders, Blues and Hurricanes. “Massively deflating,” Newsome said after squirming through another brutal review on Monday.
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Alex Newsome says the Waratahs need to be confrontational and back themselves against New Zealand Super Rugby clubs.