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Former Wasps assistant Brad Davis secures role back in the Premiership

Ex-Wasps and Bath assistant Brad Davis is back in the Premiership at London Irish following at stint at PRO14's Ospreys (Photo by David Jones/Getty Images)

Brad Davis will join the London Irish coaching set-up from the start of the 2019/20 Gallagher Premiership campaign.

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The Australian was most recently with the Ospreys in the Guinness PRO14, where they won a play-off against Scarlets to gain entry into Champions Cup 2019/20. 

The 51-year-old has previously worked with Bath and Wasps in the Gallagher Premiership. The former rugby league player will link up from July 1 with the big-spending London Irish, who have invested heavily in new players following the Championship title success.

“I’m really excited at the opportunity to join London Irish. The club is steeped in history and is on an exciting journey as it moves into the Premiership next season,” said Davis.

“Having spoken at length with the club, I am excited about the vision and look forward to working in London Irish’s coaching team.”

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Declan Kidney believes the appointment of Davis is a great coup for the newly-promoted Premiership club, stating: “He has a wealth of coaching experience working with some very good sides and has experience of playing in Europe.

“Brad will add a vast amount of knowledge to our coaching set-up and will complement the already great work our current coaches do. I know that Les (Kiss), George (Skivington) and Dec (Danaher) are really looking forward to having him on board.”

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It was announced in May that Davis was to leave the Allen Clarke-led Ospreys after three seasons with the Welsh region he joined in 2016 when Steve Tandy was at the helm. 

At that time, Davis said: “This is a fascinating challenge for me, one that I can’t wait to get started on. Speaking at length to Steve Tandy, I couldn’t help but get excited about the direction in which the Ospreys are heading and where they want to go. His passion is infectious and the vision is clear.”

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Now you are just being a woke, jealous fool. With the way things are run in NZ, no wonder he couldn't make a success there. Now that he is out shining any other New Zealanders, including their star players, now he is bitter and resentful and all sorts of hate speeches against him. That is what the fans like you do. Those in NZ who does have enough sense not to let pride cloud their vision, is all saying the same thing. NZ needs TB. Razor was made out to be a rugby coaching God by the fans, so much so that Foz was treated like the worst piece of shitte. Especially after the Twickenham disaster right before the WC. Ad then he nearly won the WC too with 14 players. As a Saffa the way he handled the media and the pressure leading up to the WC, was just extraordinary and I have gained a lot of respect for that man. Now your so called rugby coaching God managed to lose by an even bigger margin, IN NZ. All Razor does is overplay his players and he will never get the best out of those players, and let's face it, the current crop is good enough to be the best. However, they need an coach they can believe in completely. I don't think the players have bought into his coaching gig. TB was lucky to shake the dust of his boots when he left NZ, because only when he did that, did his career go from strength to strength. He got a WC medal to his name. Might get another if the Boks can keep up the good work. New exciting young talent is set to join soon after the WC as dangerous as SFM and Kolbe. Trust me, he doesn't want the AB's job. He is very happy in SA with the Boks. We score, you lose a great coach. We know quality when we see it, we don't chuck it in the bin like NZRU likes to do. Your coaching God is hanging on by a thread to keep his job🤣🤣🤣🤣

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