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London Irish add Australia lock Adam Coleman to ranks


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London Irish have continued their flurry of major signings to strengthen their return to the top flight by recruiting Australia international Adam Coleman.

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Coleman, a 6ft 8in, 19.2stones second row, has won 31 caps and has been an ever-present for the Wallabies over the last two and a half years.

The 27-year-old will line-up with Irish for the 2019-20 Gallagher Premiership season after this autumn’s World Cup.

“London Irish have got big ambitions and as well as a good squad already in place, they are making some exciting signings,” Coleman said.

The Exiles have also signed the likes of New Zealand World Cup winner Waisake Naholo, Sean O’Brien, Sekope Kepu and Paddy Jackson.

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Olly 48 minutes ago
Is defence going out of fashion? 'The trick now is how quickly you stop the bleeding'

IMO, with all the physical changes to the players and the law changes for faster more ball minutes etc…The Def role has changed. All the usual stuff of the def system, line speed structure, communication, pressure etc etc are all critical. For me, game management has become def and the role of the modern def coach. Yes, it has always been important, but I feel it has switched from more attack focus to a def focus. It is very hard to stop teams from coming away with points when they get in range now and we are seeing more and more of just pick-and-goes over actual attack in this red zone. You can tackle your heart out, but the system will fail, and from what I have been seeing in SRP (with the new laws), teams seem to be holding on in def….then suddenly the opposition gets in the right area (mostly a run of penalties), and we have a run of points. Lots of points in bunches at critical points of games which make a tight contest look like a comfortable win.

Not sure if I am getting my point over clearly (at the end of a tiring day so rambling); I guess I just see the game is all about managing where the game is played, which has always been important…But I think it is def more important now then he has been in the past and a critical part of def coaching now. A def team stopping a team from getting points when in the reds zone is celebrated as a miracle now and a complete failure from the attacking team….



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