Former Eire assistant Mike Catt is reportedly in a two-man race to turn into an assistant coach at Dan McKellar’s Waratahs. It was final December when it was confirmed by the IRFU that the 2003 Rugby World Cup winner with England could be stepping away as assault coach following the completion of the July tour to South Africa.
Having received the 2024 Guinness Six Nations, the Irish drew that collection with the Springboks one-all with Ciaran Frawley’s last-gasp drop objective clinching a second Take a look at win in Durban three weeks in the past.
That was Catt’s closing involvement with Andy Farrell’s workforce since first becoming a member of them for the 2020 Six Nations and he has now been linked with a Tremendous Rugby Pacific swap to town the place he received the World Cup as a participant with England 21 years in the past.
An unique report on the theroar.com.au has recommended he’s up in opposition to former Clermont stalwart Brock James for the place on the Sydney-based workers that’s being rapidly assembled by new excessive efficiency director Simon Raiwalui. It learn: “Dan McKellar is getting nearer to asserting his teaching workforce with England nice and Irish assistant coach Mike Catt firmly within the dialog to hitch the Waratahs.
“The Roar can reveal that Catt, the 2003 World Cup winner turned England and Eire assistant, is strongly within the combine to hitch McKellar as his minister of assault. It’s believed that Catt has lengthy harboured an curiosity in returning to Australia in a training capability and sees the Waratahs as a vacation spot for his household.
“With three World Cup campaigns beneath his belt in addition to a few Six Nations crowns, securing Catt wouldn’t simply be a coup for the Waratahs however the Wallabies with the British and Irish Lions to enterprise down beneath subsequent yr. He could be the right determine to assist information McKellar’s star-studded backline, which can welcome NRL gun Joseph Suaalii to Daceyville subsequent yr and have Andrew Kellaway and 19-year-old rising star Max Jorgensen.
“It’s understood the 2003 World Cup winner, who performed one Take a look at for the British and Irish Lions, is up in opposition to Brock James for the function. James, 42, performed for Sydney College and spent two years in Tremendous Rugby earlier than carving out a stellar profession within the French Prime 14, the place he performed for Clermont for a decade earlier than enjoying for La Rochelle and Bordeaux.
“Since ending up as considered one of France’s highest level scorers, the Geelong-born playmaker has coached with Hawke’s Bay and constructed a powerful status after guiding them to final yr’s Nationwide Provincial Competitors closing.”
