The head coach misjudged his man but is now free to set a new course after a disastrous year
There were no bland euphemisms to describe Stephen Larkham’s departure from the Wallabies coaching staff just eight months out from the World Cup in Japan. In a statement released by Rugby Australia on Monday, Larkham was straight to the point about his broken working relationship with head coach Michael Cheika: “We have differences in attacking strategy and overall game philosophy.”
No sugar-coating the fact Cheika and Larkham did not see eye to eye on the style of game the Wallabies played. The question is, why did it take four years for the differences between the pair to become such an issue that the coach once touted as Cheika’s successor is no longer on the coaching staff? Heir apparent today, gone tomorrow.
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