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Duncan to take Worcester Warriors head coach role

By Peter Hanson
Worcester’s Josh Adams.

Rory Duncan will take over as Worcester Warriors head coach from next season, sealing a reunion with the club’s director of rugby Alan Solomons.

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Carl Hogg announced that he will leave the Premiership club at the end of the campaign, ending a tenure in which helped the club secure promotion from the Championship in 2015 and leaving the coaching role vacant.

In his place comes Duncan, who is currently in charge of Pro14 side Cheetahs and the South African will work with a familiar face in the shape of Solomons.

Solomons was coach of the former lock when Duncan represented Eastern Province Kings during his playing days.

“Rory was my captain at the Eastern Province Kings, where he showed outstanding leadership qualities and a clear ability to develop as a coach,” Solomons told the club’s official website.

“When he retired at the end of the season I was able to assist him in his transition to coaching and we have remained in touch.

 

“As expected he has turned out to be an outstanding coach and I had no hesitation in appointing him to the head coach position at Warriors, an appointment which has been endorsed by our chairman Bill Bolsover.”

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Duncan added: “I am immensely excited about the challenge of moving to Warriors and linking up with Alan Solomons once again.

“Warriors are a club with huge potential, which is clear for everyone to see, and I will be working hard with Alan and the rest of the coaching staff to help the club move forward.”

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Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?

Of the rugby I’ve born witness to in my lifetime - 1990 to date - I recognize great players throughout those years. But I have no doubt the game and the players are on average better today. So I doubt going back further is going to prove me wrong. The technical components of the game, set pieces, scrums, kicks, kicks at goal. And in general tactics employed are far more efficient, accurate and polished. Professional athletes that have invested countless hours on being accurate. There is one nation though that may be fairly competitive in any era - and that for me is the all blacks. And New Zealand players in general. NZ produces startling athletes who have fantastic ball skills. And then the odd phenomenon like Brooke. Lomu. Mcaw. Carter. Better than comparing players and teams across eras - I’ve often had this thought - that it would be very interesting to have a version of the game that is closer to its original form. What would the game look like today if the rules were rolled back. Not rules that promote safety obviously - but rules like: - a try being worth 1 point and conversion 2 points. Hence the term “try”. Earning a try at goals. Would we see more attacking play? - no lifting in the lineouts. - rucks and break down laws in general. They looked like wrestling matches in bygone eras. I wonder what a game applying 1995 rules would look like with modern players. It may be a daft exercise, but it would make for an interesting spectacle celebrating “purer” forms of the game that roll back the rules dramatically by a few versions. Would we come to learn that some of the rules/combinations of the rules we see today have actually made the game less attractive? I’d love to see an exhibition match like that.

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