Id say they would lose McMillan if they refused this. A tight bind!
Connacht/IRFU didnāt proceed with the Sevu Reece signing on reputational grounds. Interesting to see how this one pans out
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Itās in the papers now. Is he carrying baggage?
Heās an alleged rapist
Did it go to court or was it merely an accusation?
Charges dropped, didnāt proceed to court.
Thatās shocking.
Will say a lot about Munster and Irish rugby if they appoint him.
Losing Prendergast for this guy. FFS.
Merely accusation is how you framed it. Tune changed?!
Im with you tho, they dont need this added heat. Surely plenty other options
I saw some mention in my brief scanning online that made reference to the defense claiming there may have been a racial targeting of Randle by the alleged victim but to me that sounds very far-fetched.
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That was a live enough event at the time
Will itās nearly 30 years ago in SA you could see how the defence might chance that argument
The more you look at it this is such a bad look for munster. They had the opportunity to promote from within a couple of times. Theyāve passed over their former player who has done a good job as coach and is clearly highly regarded for the shiny foreign signing. It smacks the usual Munster delusion that a big signing will solve all their problems. Meanwhile their brand is increasingly diluted because they have so few homegrown players or coaches. And whatever they see as their culture the same. Iām sure fans would have been more energized by prendergast and maybe heād have been able to bring back one or two former players as coaches. It might bring in a few of the farmer/haulier protest types I suppose.
Sure even when Van Graan was leaving they dragged their heels for ages before eventually giving Rowntree the job. It didnāt look like they were too keen on promoting him but probably couldnāt get anyone else at the time.
I suppose he did alright in winning the league but it was exactly much of a vote of confidence in the guy before he got the job.
The irfu make the appointments.
Pretty sure the clubs identify their candidates?
Yeah they really did. Back then before Rowntree got the job ROG said in the examiner they should give it to Prendergast. So he was passed over for it then and maybe fair enough at the time but passing him over for it the second time is a bad look.
The irfu make the appointments.
Iād say there was never a chance of Pendergast getting job nor should he.
Heās a head coach type.
Not really what Munster need at the top of the tree.