Yet again, Rassie got overlooked. He has the highest win ratio than any other coach at 83%, but they end up giving it to the French 7s coach because they won gold at the Olympics. How's does 7's compare to 15 code. It is a completely different game. Why did Neill Powell not get it way back when. 

Yet another snub by World Rugby. 

Don't worry Rassie go get your third World Cup in a row. Just more fuel to add to the fire. 

The guy only lost 2 games by 1 point. He tried 52 players while still maintaining a winning record. 

No man, these guys can go fondle each others balls. Everyone knows Rassie is the coach of the year

Haha fuckin joke. Honestly dont care about these stupid awards. They are so subjective.

I celebrate when a saffa wins. But i never take it seriously.

Bunch of clowns.

Yeah these awards can suck it. Imagine a sevens coach winning rugby coach of the year. They need to split that into two categories because the two codes are not even remotely comparable.

Absolute fucking disgrace that Rassie did not get it

The fact that it was awarded to the French 7’s coach because they won gold at the Olympics makes it that much worse

Who the fuck gives a fuck about 7’s anymore it’s totally lost its appeal

This was done on purpose as they know very well that they sticking it to the Bok supporters and Erasmus…

Erasmus has made to many enemies there already and they still trying to spite him…..IRB is fast becoming a organisation of fools …shame.

Yeah, and last year Farrell got it because his team occupied the number one spot but who won the World Cup? 

Lost only 2 games by 1 point and we probably could have won that game had it not been for Manie 

WR hates Rassie because be is outspoken..

I know as a South African, some English people hate people with opinions or those that are outspoken 

I can't wait for France to visit SA again.

And I hope they play at Ellis park.

The amount of booing is gonna be music to my ears.

So it should have been Nienaber laster year as he won the World Cup and lost 2 games. If past history is anything to go by, it is normally the coach of the team that win the World Cup that gets the award. 

So they give to some French bloke and then Farrel, just for coaching the most whiny team on the planet. 

I'm so glad Sexton is gone. He is the epitome of a player that does not belong in rugby and probably would have been a goalie for some 4th devision team somewhere in the muddy potato patch fields in Ireland. Every time I see that guy I just want headbutt the snot out of him

"So they give to some French bloke and then Farrel, just for coaching the most whiny team on the planet. 

I'm so glad Sexton is gone. He is the epitome of a player that does not belong in rugby and probably would have been a goalie for some 4th devision team somewhere in the muddy potato patch fields in Ireland. Every time I see that guy I just want headbutt the snot out of him."

Ha ha, great post!

Well King, you're ending up in Sexton's next book after tha t.

Johnny Sexton does bring out those kind of feelings in other people. Similar to Owen "Dirty Boy" Farrell.

Sexton was a real good Flyhalf and a person cannot deny him that.

He was able to punish opposition with his very accurate playing style.

Jack Crowley and Sam Prendergast are able replacements, but has quite a way to go to reach the success of Johnny Sexton.

I see Sexton is working as a Consultant/ Coach for the Ireland squad.

That will come in handy for the Irish, him sharing his experience and knowledge.

Actually the Boks are the whiniest team…we contest every decision after the disgraceful Erasmus tape. It’s worked with the refs we are treated well….but Erasmus is never going to be accepted.

Oh no Moz you Bad person, how dare you speak about the Genius like that?? :) ;)

It’s Rassie Erasmus, he can do anything he likes it doesn’t matter and there should be no consequences what so ever :)

Sexton his been the single reason why Ireland was able to do so well and the whole game was built around him. He was able to orchestrate so many line breaks and tries with that Irish system. 

However, that image of him shouting at the refs profanity, hovering over the refs. Watch how he over reacts etc can never be forgiven. This is Rugby, not soccer. 

There is a reason why only the captain speaks on the field, but with him being captain he just ended up being a hooligan. 

You would never Richi Mcaw or John Smit behave like that

So Sexton contesting the decisions on the field is soccer not rugby, but Erasmus making a one sided tape of a ref’s whole match is worthy of the coach of the year. Got it,

"Actually the Boks are the whiniest team…we contest every decision after the disgraceful Erasmus tape. It’s worked with the refs we are treated well….but Erasmus is never going to be accepted."

Nasty...not envy...or jealousy...deep seeded prejudice making you a distractor of the greatest Bok team ever...how do you even call yourself a Bok supporter?

I have enough respect for the great Bok history, actually the great history of South African sportsmen, to call out poor behaviour when I see it. Doc Craven  or Kitch would have been mortified at the Erasmus tape.

Fuck me the tape Rassie made that he never leaked himself?

Try stick with the bloody facts and the truth that way you might muster a little credibility

The facts are that Erasmus never should have made the tape….the ‘experts’ at the IRB who never recognized him since for coach of year decided. And we all know the ‘experts’ are always right. Or at least that’s your argument Dave…so wear it.

Erasmus can make any tape he likes and he had every right to make a tape of piss poor officiating to be circulated internally

Of course the IRB are snubbing him as he exposed them for being as useless as they are

How useless they are is evidenced by embarrassingly awarding the world coach of the year to an unknown 7’s coach

But they are literally too stupid to realise what fools they have made of themselves in the process

Much like saying two times world player of the year, PSDT is not a good player

Moz are you on that IRB board :)

They select Dud Toit they are experts, they don’t select Harrassmiss and they are fools. Got it.

Yes idiots - they selected PSDT on merit but clearly did not when it came to coach of the year - that had zero to do with merit

Even with your anti Rassie you are not stupid enough to admit he was not the best coach of the year

He may have been, he may just have benefited from the best players  and the easiest schedule.

Look at it this way, wouldn’t the team with 3 out of 4 outside backs in the World team and by far  the best forwards beat their WC opponents by more than 1 point. Wouldn’t that group of players under the best coach on the planet be able to score a try against 14 man NZ.

Something doesn’t add up….and it isn’t the pack,

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Props should get the recognition they deserve, but somehow they always overlooked… What a shame..

Rassie made his own bed, now he must lay in it…

I must say, it’s quite embarrassing how much the SA Rugby celebrities and supporters are moaning all the time …

Geez man now it’s Matfield to about Rassie….just get over it already…

Its was quite a feat to win a gold at Olympics.

Apparently this French coach had a major uphill battle for years, to eventually get gold .

So maybe he just deserves it. Which is fair.

Sevens is a different code. Why do they split POTY for sevens and fifteens but not COTY?

As far as I know they have never split the COTY in between 15,s and 7,s. ? Pls correct me if I am wrong.

But as far as I know, they have always split POTY between 15,s and 7,s.

So yes the argument is sound that they should split between 15,s and 7,s for COTY to…