Waht in the wolrd does Treu know about 15 man rugby and beinga defence coach?
ex Sport 24
Cape Town - Former Springbok Sevens coach Paul Treu will be groomed to take over as defence coach of the Stormers.
The Western Province Rugby Union earlier this week announced the signing of the former Springbok Sevens coach.
There was confusion as to what Treu's specific role at the union would be, but it has since been revealed that he will be allowed to gradually become accustomed to their structures to become defence coach.(Why not get in a proven expert?)
According to Netwerk24, head coach Allister Coetzee and Greg Hechter will for the time being take charge of the Stormers defence while Treu finds his feet, but the long-term plan is for Treu to take over as defence coach at the union.
Treu, 43, is expected to get his first taste of Super Rugby coaching early in the new year.
Treu is a highly-regarded coach on the World Sevens circuit, having put South African Sevens on the map by guiding the Blitzbokke to the overall IRB Sevens World Series title in 2008/09 and recently also finishing a stint as coach of the national Kenyan Sevens team.
Treu coached the SA Sevens team between 2004 and 2013, leading them to an overall tally of 14 tournament wins and building a professional and structured squad set-up in the process.
WP also announced the signings of Rito Hlungwani and Hanyani Shimange.(Two nobodies!!)
Hlungwani, a former WP lock(Dont recall him), will be the forwards coach of the WP Under-19s, while Shimange (A useless player)will be involved with the Under-21 and Vodacom Cup sides
These look like race based appointments.
As for Treu perhaps he can inject some attacking flair into the backline. But f ancy appointing a guy who has to learn the job and has to have others doing it for him . How can this be the correct approach?
