Wallabies coach bails on Eddie in World Cup blow

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The Wallabies person suffered a large stroke to their Rugby World Cup plans with adjunct manager Dan McKellar taking up a presumption successful England with the Leicester Tigers.

McKellar, the erstwhile Brumbies coach, has worked with the Wallabies forwards since 2021 and had antecedently been identified as the apt successor to Dave Rennie.

But the dramatic accomplishment of Eddie Jones connected a agelong word contract changed the representation and the highly regarded McKellar has resigned, effectual immediately.

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"We are disappointed that Dan volition not proceed with the Wallabies this year," Rugby Australia main enforcement Andy Marinos said.

"However, I privation to convey him for his work to Australian rugby, particularly with the Wallabies and astatine Super Rugby level and americium definite helium volition instrumentality successful the aboriginal having gained immoderate much invaluable acquisition arsenic a coach.

"He has made a large interaction since joining the Brumbies successful 2014 and transitioned into his nationalist adjunct relation good implicit the past 2 seasons, we privation him and his household each the champion for the future."

National scrum manager Petrus du Plessis has besides resigned portion different forwards specialist, Laurie Fisher, announced his departure from the Wallabies past week.

Jones is yet to officially fastener successful immoderate assistants though Scott Wisemantel is expected to connection his counsel arsenic a advisor and Berrick Barnes has been linked with a skills role.

"Together with Eddie we volition proceed to enactment hard to assemble a prime coaching unit to present a precocious performing situation successful our mentation for The Rugby Championship and Rugby World Cup aboriginal this year," Marinos said.

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McKellar described his determination arsenic "extremely difficult."

"But it's 1 that's made with my champion nonrecreational and household interests successful mind. I firmly judge my adjacent situation volition marque maine a amended manager and hopefully let maine to instrumentality location and lend successful a affirmative manner to Australian rugby successful the future," helium said.

"I'd similar to convey Andy, Eddie and Dave Rennie for their enactment and giving maine the accidental to beryllium portion of the Wallabies coaching unit implicit the past 2 years. I'd besides similar to convey the players and I privation them and Eddie each the champion successful what's a monolithic twelvemonth ahead."

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