“Significant” attention on Australian coach development, more sports psychology help for players and better structures for leadership, trust and accountability inside the Wallabies are among the recommendations of a review into the 2019 season and Rugby World Cup campaign.
Rugby Australia released the “key recommendations” after the review conducted by an independent panel of former Wallabies Pat Howard and Nathan Sharpe, and four-time Olympic rower Bo Hansen.
Following their disappointing quarter-final exit from the World Cup, all members of the 2019 Wallabies playing squad, along with coaching staff, provided input into the review via an online survey and through personal interviews as well.
In a release, Rugby Australia said the aim of the review was to help “build a framework for success for future international, Rugby World Cup and Olympic Games campaigns by its national teams.”
The panel’s full report, containing 40 recommendations, will not be made public but Rugby Australia released a document containing key “high level recommendations” across three areas: high performance alignment, coaching and leadership and culture.
[Source: Rugby.Com.au]
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