Toulon take Jake’s advice
17 Dec 2008
Both Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal and manager Tana Umaga are set to make big changes following Jake White’s brief stint with the club.
White only stayed with Toulon for six days instead of the proposed two weeks, but Boudjellal has lauded his contribution. Toulon recently beat Montpellier 30-9 in the European Challenge Cup and perhaps this could be a turning point for the struggling French club.
“I have the feeling that he [Umaga] took on board the observations of Jake White,” said Boudjellal. “I find that Umaga is much more involved in recent days, he has really taken charge of the group.”
White has also suggested changes to the club’s infrastructure and pointed out that the player base of 50 is far too high for the top tier. The board will take this into consideration but it may take some time to implement.
“He also suggested among other things that to retain our place among the elite there should be changes in the organisation of the training sessions,” said Boudjellal. “That will not be so easy to put in place.”
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20 Dec 2008, 22:55 pm
#100 poppa69: Remember we won one just 5 years ago, its 21 years you guys won. But I’m willing to bet we’ll get closer in 2011 than u guys.
21 Dec 2008, 22:56 pm
# Big Hit:
Youll get closer lol,already you know deep down England wont win the RWC.
We will win it,you cant get any closer than that
22 Dec 2008, 05:33 am
#102 Hurricane: I think SA will win it again. You will not win it, you haven’t for 21 years and that isn’t about to change. Gatland
will need to be coach.
22 Dec 2008, 22:31 pm
#103 Big Hit:
lol so we havnt won it in 21 years,that means we will never win it again,go back to school Bug Hit.Gatland isnt all that you make him out to be.You always bring up Henry being sacked at Wales but you seem to forget that Gatland led Ireland to there worst RWC in 1999 and was sacked as Ireland coach in 2001.hmmm did you forget that
23 Dec 2008, 01:16 am
#104 Hurricane: Bug? Gatland’s style of coaching is perfect for knockout games. I’m aware of 1999 but Gatland was a very young coach promoted to the Irish national side too quickly, that Ireland side was poor too. He did take them to second place in the 6N 2001 beating Woodward’s England and had a lead over the All Blacks for 75 mins (that was the game where BoD made a fool of Umaga)
23 Dec 2008, 01:47 am
#105 Big Hit:
Ohh didnt realise it was an Umaga vs BoD show.Tana was perfect for us,he didnt cry on field like BoD does and played the way NZ plays,his style was all NZ,cant have a pasty cry baby in the backs can we.BoD is a good player,one of the best,but from a Kiwi point of view we had Tana and he was more than good enough to fill that spot.
By the way that was Tanas first year at Centre i believe,so to come up against one of the best and as you think to be outplayed isnt a problem really in my books.NZ won the game,rugby = team sport.
23 Dec 2008, 02:57 am
#102 Hurricane: 2011 will not be a done deal by any stretch by any nation. This is where NZ sets itself up for the pitfalls that always seem to loom large. Be objective and try uploading a teensy, weensy bit of humility mate. New Zealand have and will always produce great teams ( no question ) but to be so arrogant to contemplate (again) they will win is purely idiocy. It ain’t over until the fat lady sings ( I’m 170cm and 59kgs ) so don’t quote me!
23 Dec 2008, 07:57 am
#107 RugbyRulz:
Before you start quoting my post,matbe you should read someone elses on here.I was just answering how someone like Big Hit can say we will never win it,i say we will,thing is you are really quick to post but where in my post did i say 2011,i said we will win it.
23 Dec 2008, 07:58 am
#107 RugbyRulz: Let him think it, it’ll be all the funnier come the time.
23 Dec 2008, 08:00 am
#108 Hurricane: lol, stop weasling, you said what u said, at least have the backbone to stand by your words.
23 Dec 2008, 08:05 am
#109 Big Hit:
Big HIt,i am confident of an AB win in a RWC and why shouldnt i?
Only a clown like you would write of the ABs,you wioll be the one i will be waiting for when the day comes,all be it 2011 or 2015 etc,you are the one that said we will never win it again.
23 Dec 2008, 08:08 am
#111 Hurricane:
Weasling?
Do you want me to find the archives of you complaining about the ref but saying you wernt,we all knew you were crying about the refs when NZ shattered your “Wait for the AIs” posts.You are the snake.You post things you want people to hear and not the whole story.I have read your posts long enough Big Hit.
So hows your team looking for the RWC………………phhhht
23 Dec 2008, 08:09 am
#111 Hurricane: why shouldn’t you? have the last 5 tournaments taught you nothing? anyway, it’ll be 2019 and you’ll be an old man
23 Dec 2008, 08:12 am
#113 Big Hit:
So the last 5 tournaments tell me what??
If its 2019 then so be it,as i said we will win,only a fool like you said we wouldnt and now you are saying 2019,by that time you might be able to get of your mummys titty
23 Dec 2008, 08:17 am
The last 5 tournaments should tell you that you weren’t good enough to win when you thought you were so perhaps you should do what RugbyRulz advised and inject some humility and objectivity.
I think Deans will get the NZ job after 2011 and Gatland for 2019
23 Dec 2008, 08:22 am
#115 Big Hit:
well maybe you should take RugbyRulz advice as well.Hows this,even saying how NZ played better than you guys instead of blaming the ref!
Thing is Big Hit,we wernt the favourites for the last 5 cups,so i dont know what you are talking about.Any of ther top 6 teams go to the RWC thinking they can win.A team goes to the RWC thinking that they are good enough to win,whats wrong with NZ doing this.Did England go to the last RWC thinking they wernt good enough to win it?I dont think so
23 Dec 2008, 08:34 am
#116 Hurricane: You played 13/14 men for the whole game and won a scrum when Vickery went off, what do you want, a medal? If we’d been trounced fair and square I’d have no problem saying NZ played better but the fact is England weren’t allowed to play by that whistle-blowing nonce.
There’s no issue with any team thinking they are good enough to win it, the problem is their fans and press and perhaps some of the team thing they’re going to win it and under-estimating the opposition.
23 Dec 2008, 21:26 pm
#117 Big Hit:
If you think NZ under estimated France then you havnt a clue.France is our main problem at RWCs of late,so we didnt under estimate the french.Something else happened as we all know.
England were not allowed to play cos of their own fault,not the refs.He gave warning but your players were only out there to disrupt.I agree with you the whistle was a problem cos we never had a chance to get a roll on and totally destroy you guys.You always have a problem or excuse when we beat you,never NZ are better than England.Last game was the ref,2 games before that was a young England team,2 games at RWC was Jonah Lomu,he was the only difference and the game before those 2 was the refs fault again,as you previously posted in another thread.When will this stop?
23 Dec 2008, 21:29 pm
#117 Big Hit:
About the medal,we dont need a medal everytime we beat you guys.If we had a gold medal everytime we beat you NZ would be the richest nation in the world. We Will Own The World muahahahahahahaha (Evil Laugh)
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