Brain Fart of the season goes to.... a tie between Sea Point & Salmson!

Billy Millard is our backs coach, Melrose left us for LI last year.

salmson wrote: Brian Melrose is touting for a Super 15 job back in Oz

www.sportal.com.au/rugby-union-news-disp...-on-force-job-176763

By the sounds of it his contract with us is up...

Highly-rated Australian Brian Melrose believes an around-the-world coaching odyssey has readied him for a senior position in the Super Rugby competition.

Melrose is back in Sydney after completing stints at London Irish and Connacht and is among the shortlist of candidates for the vacant Western Force job.

The Perth club is heavily pursuing Stade Francais coach Michael Cheika and Sharks boss John Plumtree following the shock exit of Richard Graham, but Melrose enjoys strong support.

Interim coach Phil Blake is also hoping to land the job full-time but the team's run of three straight losses may count against him.

"After furthering my experiences in the northern hemisphere over the past two years, I feel confident of taking on a Super Rugby head coaching position in Australia if offered the opportunity," Melrose told Sportal.

"There are only five of those opportunities here so it's not like they come up every day of the week, but it does hold a lot of attraction."

Melrose, who was a member of the Waratahs coaching staff in 2005-06, has interest from a number of overseas clubs but his preference is to remain in Australia.

"It was a great experience working overseas and something I would do again, but my passion is to work in Australian rugby and be back with my family if possible after spending that time apart," he said.

"I would like to think my record suggests I have added value wherever I have been and can get the job done no matter the circumstances."

The Force sit bottom of the Australian conference after being belted 53-11 by the Sharks in Durban last weekend.

Cheika, who guided Irish club Leinster to the 2009 Heineken Cup, is the favoured candidate to land the Force job after being told he will not be in charge of Stade Francais next year.

Force captain and Wallabies star David Pocock is holding off on signing a new contract until the coaching situation is sorted out.

Did we cut the cord or did he...?

Brian Melrose is touting for a Super 15 job back in Oz

www.sportal.com.au/rugby-union-news-disp...-on-force-job-176763

Fecking hell just been on a french rugby blog covering all the player movements in Top14 & Pro2 and it seems that Dave McGowan is leaving La Rochelle after five seasons and 101 games...

rugby-transfers.com wrote: Two other locks who are leaving are Irishman David McGowan who is also retiring after suffering some serious injuries over the past seasons

rugby-transfers.blogspot.com/2012/05/la-...new-players-and.html

Confirmed on the Stade Rochalais site www.staderochelais.com/actualites/mouvem...if-inter-saison-2012 , must say the Connacht Rugby site could learn a thing or ten about player information (movements & injuries) from them...

Can't believe that's right, he's only 25 and sure he's still played some part in seventeen games this season (admittedly he only started in six) up to the end of the season. But a new club might have brought a change of luck..
www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_5272.html

Anyone got any more on him..??

swift4prez wrote:
LEFT AFTER 2010/2011 SEASON

FIONN carr--- Leinster
IAN keatley--- Munster
SEAN croinin--- Leinster
JAMIE hagan--- Leinster
MIKE mccomish--- Ulster
TROY nathan--- Glasgow
BERNIE upton---japan but think he retired and moved back to NZ
AIDAN wynne--Old Belvo
EZRA taylor--1min for Worcester before being out for the season
NIVA ta'auso--Played 2011-12 ITM Cup with old province Counties Manukau
LIAM bibo---UNKNOWN
SHANE monahan--Leaving Rotherham end of 11/12 season for Gloucester (12/13)
DARRAGH fanning-- Vikings rugby in oz
ROB sweeney-- St Mary's (AIL)
CILLIAN willis--went to Leinster for cover and played rest of 2011/2012 season with Sale
BARRY fa'amausili--San Gregorio Catania Rugby

Monohan to Glaws for 12/13 - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17943989

Rob Sweeney with AIL Champions St Marys - www.stmaryscollegerfc.com/Fixtures_and_R...t.aspx?ID=10&FID=694

BARRY fa'amausili - Spent at least some of the season with our old Amlin foes - Catania - bsynergiesports.com/barry_faamausili.html

Poor Fionn Carr. Now apparently (at best) 6th choice winger at Leinster behind Fitzgerald, Nacewa, McFadden, Dave Kearney and Conway....

www.rabodirectpro12.com/news/14053.php

LEFT AFTER 2010/2011 SEASON
FIONN carr---leinster
IAN keatley--- munster
SEAN croinin---leinster
JAMIE hagan--- leinster
MIKE mccomish---ulster
TROY nathan---glasgow
BERNIE upton---japan but think he retired and moved back to NZ
AIDAN wynne--Old Belvo
EZRA taylor--1min for worchester before being out for the season
NIVA ta'auso--Played 2011-12 ITM Cup with old province Counties Manukau
LIAM bibo---UNKNOWN
SHANE monahan--left rotherham end of 11/12 season
DARRAGH fanning--vikings rugby in oz
ROB sweeney--UNKNOWN
CILLIAN willis--went to leinster for cover and played rest of 2011/2012 season with sale
BARRY fa'amausili--UNKNOWN

I heard second hand that Bernard Jackman is going to be on the coaching ticket at Grenoble next year. If so fair play to him. Glad to see an Irish lad going away to get experience and learning him trade in a new environment.

Apparently Shane Monahan has signed for Gloucester for next year from Rotterham. Always thought we gave up on him to early.

ummm, wrote: Carr has 19 games or so this year, that's not a bad return when joining Leinster. The difference is they're not all starts, though.

Yeah, I'd say, at least this season, Carr will be the happier of the two with the move. He's played significant minutes in the RaboDirect and scored 5 tries, but as OldSchool says next season might be a different story without the RWC. And at Leinster you know there will always be younger players nipping at his heals. There's always the chance the move will payoff for Jamie down the line, but, to give a dead horse one more lash, both would have done well to spend another season or two at Connacht.

salmson wrote: He's obviously gone back over (or under) - he scored 2 and set up 1 in their first match of the season the other day. And he's the club PRO apparently.

vikingsrugby.com.au/teams/1st-xv-squad/1...s/rd-1-v-queanbeyan/

Ah right, wonder how he managed the additional visa?

See he managed to get into a ACT XV that was walloped by the Brumbies in a Super15 warm-up/trial match back in Feb. And played for them (ACT XV/Brumby Runners) in at least on 2012 Pacific Rugby Cup game

www.rugbyweek.com/news/article.asp?id=33849
www.oceaniarugby.com/verve/_resources/12...-_BRUMBY_RUNNERS.pdf

This was a world cup year will have to wait till next year to see how the ex Connacht players get on next season

salmson wrote: He's obviously gone back over (or under) - he scored 2 and set up 1 in their first match of the season the other day. And he's the club PRO apparently.

vikingsrugby.com.au/teams/1st-xv-squad/1...s/rd-1-v-queanbeyan/

well done to him.

he plays great in oz comes to ireland and cant get a game with st mary's then goes back to oz and score 2trys in the first game. rugby is hard to understand sometimes

DARRAGH FANNING
Name: Darragh Fanning



Position: Wing



Date of Birth: 16/06/1986 (25)



Height: 193cm



Weight: 102kg



Hometown: Dublin, Ireland



School: St. Marys College CSSP



Have you played for the vikings before? Yes



What years and what grade? 2011 1st Grade



What other senior clubs have you played for? St. Marys RFC ammmmmmm cough cough



Favorite rugby player of all time? Simon Geoghegan



Best player you have ever played with and against? With: Pete Henry Against: Nick Evans



Favorite Food? Christmas Dinner



If you could bring any 3 people dead or alive to dinner who would they be and why? Andrew Flintoff, Jimmy Bullard and Uncle Knocker!!



Best chat up line? Excuse me have you got any tape? No why? Cause im ripped!!!!

He's obviously gone back over (or under) - he scored 2 and set up 1 in their first match of the season the other day. And he's the club PRO apparently.

vikingsrugby.com.au/teams/1st-xv-squad/1...s/rd-1-v-queanbeyan/

salmson wrote:

FACECUTTR wrote: What about Darragh Fanning??

Still in Oz apparently.

vikingsrugby.com.au/photo-and-video-gall...ial/darragh-fanning/

No Darragh had a season in Oz, won their League with Vikings but he's been back in Ireland since last year with St Mary's but not getting too many games though, maybe injured..

www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/24497.php

OTHERS
TROY nathan--- Glasgow

BERNIE upton---Japan but think he retired and moved back to NZ (not been offered new contract by Toshiba Brave Lupus, not unusual for forwards as its much faster game style than anywhere else)

CONOR higgins-- Playing in Perth (WA) for Palmyra, and for WA Club Rep side Perth Gold - www.rugbywa.com.au/Team/Academy/PerthGold.aspx and looking for Lurv - www.sportsmatchmaker.com.au/?s=Conor.Higgins

AIDAN wynne-- Old Belvo

EZRA taylor-- 1min for worchester before being out for the season.

NIVA ta'auso-- Played 2011-12 ITM Cup with old province Counties Manukau

THOMAS timani-- Arrived 2009 played season with Corinthians and then cut, not within an asses roar of Connacht squad

LIAM bibo--- Disappeared off face of the earth, so must mean Office Job.. :pinch:

ANDY dunne--- Old Belvo Player/Coach

ANDREW farley--- Captain Pro2 team Grenoble to promotion few weeks ago

SHANE monahan-- Plays with rotherham