Mallett’s ours if we want him
30 Mar 2012
Nick Mallett is available to Heyneke Meyer as a consultant should the Springbok coach believe it could strengthen his debut international season campaign.
Mallett told keo.co.za that if Meyer asked for any form of input, he’d be pleased to make a contribution.
‘I have huge respect for Heyneke as a person and as a coach. I was very pleased he finally got the opportunity as he’s done the hard yards over the last decade and enjoyed tremendous success in getting results, identifying talent and evolving that talent,’ said Mallett. ‘He [Heyneke] is a really good mate so I would help with pleasure if I was ever asked.’
Mallett confirmed he has not made himself available for any English or French club opportunities and will remain in Cape Town.
‘It has been fantastic enjoying a Cape summer again and I’ve particularly enjoyed doing the SuperSport Six Nations analysis. I am in discussions with SuperSport about other possibilities this season and should know in the next week what comes from those discussions.’
When asked if he would consider any form of involvement with Meyer’s Boks, Mallett said only if there was a belief from Meyer that there was a value add to the Boks.
‘I am always available to chat and to offer an insight that could be beneficial or to be a sounding board. I gave the England application my best and I am satisfied I gave a compelling presentation. I have been impressed with what Stuart [Lancaster] has done with the squad in the Six Nations, but he knows the matches against South Africa, Australia and New Zealand will be more demanding. I respect the decision of the RFU and don’t regret having made myself available when asked to do so.
‘I have no commitment to any club, province or international squad, so if there is a way I could make a difference to the Boks, then it would be great. If not, they’ll always have my support and I look forward to seeing them push for the top ranking because they certainly can be No 1 with Heyneke in charge, more so given the quality and class of player available for selection.’
Mallett said he would never entertain anything that could be seen as disruptive.
‘I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes and this certainly is not a job application of any kind. Make it clear you [Mark Keohane] called me and asked if I was going back overseas and if not if I would consider any consultancy role with the Boks. I am merely responding to the question.
‘As it is I do chat with Heyneke and will continue to do so socially and about rugby. We both love the game and like talking about it.’
Mallett, who coached Italy for the last four years, said he had not considered any Super Rugby prospects.
‘England was a fantastic opportunity and I gave it a crack. I have moved on now and my immediate focus is being back in Cape Town.’
Mallett coached the Springboks from 1997 to 2000.
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30 Mar 2012, 18:39 pm
Where do I get this Matcha joe
30 Mar 2012, 18:43 pm
Lancaster did an incredible job with a test team which the sum of its parts looked greater than the integer, but it may have ran its course
Mallett will get the job if the Boks will whack the Poms soon, which isn’t a certainty but seemed probable to me
30 Mar 2012, 18:54 pm
Wasn’t that Louis Luyt who said he spoke like an Englishman and smelt like a Frenchman?
30 Mar 2012, 18:56 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-202:
Mallett might also get the Bok’s job if England beats them on their home turf.
Not a certainty but possible.
So he could be in a win/win situation.
30 Mar 2012, 18:57 pm
@David(David)-200:
He was fired for taking on his bosses at SA Rugby about ticket prices
There’s the one where he was the coach of Boland, an they were trailing by something like 20-0 and he vloekked them so hard during half time they came back and won the game
Make no mistake I like Nick but he will not work well under anybody
They should appoint him U20 coach, he has a lot to offer
30 Mar 2012, 18:58 pm
Anyway Mallet has beautiful Continental manners.
30 Mar 2012, 18:59 pm
@cab(cab)-199:
He is, it was just something they said at the time
Yes Frans did, and he came back looking like Jan van Riebeeck
30 Mar 2012, 19:02 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-202:
> Mallett will get the job if the Boks will whack the Poms soon, which isn’t a certainty but seemed probable to me
Wat jy waar kry?
Don’t you think Heyneke would have made sure to have a proper contract this time after being shafted by the spineless snakes at SA Rugby last time?
30 Mar 2012, 19:04 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-205:
Mallett has mellowed plenty.
But if pushed he’ll still give the odd Alex Ferguson “hair dryer” treatment if head coach. One thing he doesn’t do is suffer fools gladly.
30 Mar 2012, 19:04 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-198:
Heyneke and Mallet worked together before with great success. Mallet is a tough ******* – some might call him a rank c@#$ – but he and Meyer get on which can only be great for Bok rugby.
30 Mar 2012, 19:10 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-203:
> smelt like a Frenchman?
I’m not sure that’s a compliment, I work with a French girl and she sure like the natural smell which is hard on the nose in summer
I’ve read Napoleon was also a fan of the natural smell, apparently he sent a messenger from the front a couple of days before he returned to tell her to stop bathing
30 Mar 2012, 19:15 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-210:
If the two did team up, I can’t see any free lunches for the players, this time. I reckon the two of them are mature enough to work together. Mallet seems a far more relaxed character nowadays who I think could play an important role.
30 Mar 2012, 19:18 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-211:
Apparently Chabal (the real one, not the wannabe from the Lions) is also a fan of natural smell but so far nobody had the guts to tell him that it is offensive.
They just keep their distance.
30 Mar 2012, 19:20 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-211:
Natural pheromones.
30 Mar 2012, 19:22 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-210:
Imagine if SA Rugby had long term and succession planning and we could appoint a coach like Mallet, Carel or White to take a U19/20 side and keep him their coach through U23 till they’re senior players and he becomes the Bok Coach
You can even set up mini U19/20/23 tournaments, and they could play curtain risers to the The Rugby Championship tests against the baby Walabies, Argies and Kiwis
That way your Bok coach won’t be thrown in at the deep side and be expected to swim
30 Mar 2012, 19:25 pm
@David(David)-214:
Vrot-o-mones if you ask me
I prefer my Snoek on a plate
30 Mar 2012, 19:27 pm
heyneke counted nick mallett amongst the people who have beem instrumental in his career when he was interviewed by xola ntshinga earlier this year. mallett recommended him to the stormers & took him to the world cup in ’99 & subsequently advised him to go up north to the then struggling bulle!
30 Mar 2012, 19:31 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-213:
No wonder he looks so woes on the pitch, everyone waits for someone else to tackle old smelly Kaasbal
30 Mar 2012, 19:34 pm
The Sharks need a new head coach…
30 Mar 2012, 19:37 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-219:
Nick don’t do durban poison.
He’s like from the cape, hey.
He’d rather coach Villagers than the Sharks.
30 Mar 2012, 19:41 pm
mallett to coach the Kings!
30 Mar 2012, 19:41 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-215:
That’s the route that PdeV went. I reckon that S15 experience needs to be included in the resume as u/19 and Emerging Bok coaching is just too short a period with the players. Apparently we can’t afford the luxury of financing an extended run of Emerging Bok games/tours.
30 Mar 2012, 19:42 pm
Bored I am.
30 Mar 2012, 19:45 pm
@Robzim, lol wannabe Chabal. Josh is in a vodacom advert with a ****** , after the ad was done they dropped josh at the zoo and the ****** at ellis park.
30 Mar 2012, 19:46 pm
@IAAS(I am a stormer)-220: If he would coach Azzurri, he will coach the Sharks.
But seriously, if Nick is a Cape Town or niks guy then the Sharks don’t want him.
I guess Toetie Coetzee needs to start looking over his shoulder then. A few slips ups and the calls for Mallett will become deafening.
30 Mar 2012, 19:48 pm
Bobbejaan
30 Mar 2012, 19:53 pm
@David(David)-222:
I also think Super Rugby experience should be required, that’s why you should re-thread S15 coached to caoach U20 teams
I’m sure we could afford to have them play at least the curtain raisers for our home games in the Super Championship
And I’m sure sponsors could be found for a mini two week tournament with five or six U23 teams at Soccer City?
30 Mar 2012, 19:54 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-225:
Nick would be great at the Stormers. Unfortunately AC has just signed a new 3 year contract.
What a stuff-up.
You’re right. AC needs a big year this year.
30 Mar 2012, 19:57 pm
Mallet spoke the truth about expensive ticket prices………that we supporters have to suffer………….he .can only be good for Bok rugby………….still one of the best coaches about ………….critics cannot deny he loves Springbok rugby !
30 Mar 2012, 20:01 pm
@wpforever(wpforever)-229:
I agree, the only mistake he made was dropping Teichmann and putting an injured Skinstad in his place
30 Mar 2012, 20:11 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-230: I know the responsibility lies with him as coach to pick the team…………but i feel that maybe he was not alone in having picked Skinstad………..Skinstad was seen as “poster boy image…………darling of SA rugby …………i`m sure other too in SA Rugby were pushing for Bobby
30 Mar 2012, 20:13 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-230:
With a bit of luck he’d also drop Spies, if he was in charge.
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-227:
I’ve also thought along those lines as well. I wonder how it would go down with NewsCorp as part of the SANZAR bundle?
30 Mar 2012, 20:18 pm
victoriabok…………..for example .there ARE better number 8`s in SA today…….however Spies gets called up time and time again,despite many being technically and defensively better than him……….reminds me of Skinstad over Teichman
30 Mar 2012, 20:19 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-215:
We can only dream.
30 Mar 2012, 20:20 pm
@David(David)-232:
Spies is finally playing like he’s supposed to, he played **** since his last good gamesin 2009′s S14
We have a lot of good loosies at the Bulls to replace him with
I don’t think the youngsters are part of the SANZAR deal
P.S. How do you make the emoticons?
30 Mar 2012, 20:24 pm
@PissAnt(PissAnt)-234:
We still did fairly well despite with the incompetents at the wheel and Snor running the circus, imagine our win-loss ratio if we had professionals (like the Aussies have) running SA Rugby from top to bottom?
30 Mar 2012, 20:29 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-235:
I reckon Spies still needs to get stuck in a bit more defensively.
I was also suggesting that the youngsters be included in the next SANZAR negotiations.
The emoticons are a matter of choice. They must be preceeded and followed by a double colon. The Smiley is lol with a colon on both sides without a space. Just remember to put a space in after the last punctuation though..
30 Mar 2012, 20:33 pm
@David(David)-232: Amazing how Allan Solomons never cops any of the blame for the Skinstad debacle in ’99………..all heaped on Nick, I mean Jake makes it clear in his book that the main person pushing the Bob agenda was Solly………..I dont have anything against Solly or Bob but hels surely blame should be distributed evenly ;-(
30 Mar 2012, 20:37 pm
@David(David)-237:
Spies would be the best sub the Bok team has ever seen, imagine bringing him on in the second half and him linking with Hougaard and Elton when the defense has tired and is just that ons step off the pace?
30 Mar 2012, 20:42 pm
then just in preparation for tomorrow ahem………………….”ASHLEY JOHNSON……………YOU CAN DO IT!! GET THAT AFRO IN THE INZONE”
30 Mar 2012, 20:45 pm
@Captain Sam Vimes(Captain Sam Vimes)-238:
The worst part was to remove a very good and fit captain for an injured player and then defending your decision
It’s a shame he didn’t back Gaffie up as well as he did Skinstad
30 Mar 2012, 20:51 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-241: yep the way Gaffie was handled was pretty atrocious and ya Nick did screw the pooch on Teich but there was a whole lotta good with the bad……….everyone makes mistakes unless of course if your name was Kitch Christie , kidding but think Nick has serious experience and miles on the clock and his northern hemisphere experience could be really valuable if we want to eventually nail a grandslam tour…………..crikey would like one of those, on my fan bucket list
30 Mar 2012, 21:01 pm
@Captain Sam Vimes(Captain Sam Vimes)-242:
The only problem with the Grand Slam is we’ve played a year of hard rugby by the time the End Of Year Tour starts and the players have ran out of gas.
We should use expat players mixed in with youngsters for the tour, a lot of the guys playing there are still good enough and they know the conditions, if we win good, either way we’re building experience for the future
30 Mar 2012, 21:08 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-243: Yep think its a sound solution……….retain the spine of the team but include some foreign based players and some youngsters………let those guys freshen the team up ahead of the tour. Something I have thought could really work. So yeah with you on that one.
30 Mar 2012, 21:19 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-243:
Yet the ABs have managed a number of Grand Slams.
Anyway, I have to log off with lightning threatening.
30 Mar 2012, 23:27 pm
@Robzim(Robzim)-204:
Not sure if Mallett would like the Boks job again, it no longer even the case of ‘merit with bias’ selection of some undersized, tackles exempted wings like it was 12-14 years ago, in the years leading to the RWC 2015 he will have to pick all kind of inadequate, inferior players and to be held accountable for the results
Nope, I doubt he likes the prospect
30 Mar 2012, 23:39 pm
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-230:
Not that simple
The Boks were losing to the ABs and the Wallabies in large margins, Honibal was injured and so was Joost, he had to make a change, they all do in such situation.
Just that he made the wrong one
30 Mar 2012, 23:58 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-247:
> Honibal was injured and so was Joost, he had to make a change, they all do in such situation.
Joost scored tries in the 99 World Cup so he wasn’t injured, and Jannie de Beer nearly got us into the final if Larkhan didn’t kick an uncharacteristic drop goal in the semi
> Just that he made the wrong one
Skinstad was better suited to be a playmaker sub in the second half, Spies would be even better
31 Mar 2012, 00:29 am
@victoriabok(victoriabok)-243:
All Blacks won Grand Slams regularly. You don’t believe that they have a long season as well?
Overseas players nearly stuffed up the match against Wales two years ago, remember. They don’t play with the same kind of rythm as locally based players who play in Super rugby.
No overseas based players should be selected for the Boks imo.
31 Mar 2012, 03:04 am
Mallet to coach the Tjarks or Cheetahs. Naka and Dumbtree have had enough time to prove themselves.
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