Rassie has a human touch, he'd surprise you. I used to see him at Cape town airport a few mornings a week on his way to Bloemfontein when he coached the cheetahs. He made time to talk to everyone.
Great video. Rassie has shown its more than just rugby knowledge that wins you a World Cup, it’s about aligning players from diverse backgrounds with a common goal. In a “complex” country like South Africa it’s an unbelievably difficult task and he did it. Amazing feat.
@@uggy glad that you found a place to acknowledge shaun edwards. there will come a time when he is head coach. but for how he will content himself with the monica of worlds finest defence coach. for now, just for now
@@jukeseyable…..For a second there I honestly was trying to think of what famous Monicas you might be referring to, then I realised you meant moniker. Honestly, nearly twenty seconds of squinting and chin holding…. Lol
@@biggest23 appologies, I'm somewhat dyslexic, and the errors creap in often at confusing times, at least 20s is relatively rapid, my spelling has messed people up for longer then that on occasion
@@jukeseyable ….Mate, no worries. If you could’ve read my mind you’d be laughing your head off. I was thinking…. "Does everyone else know who Monica is but me, WTF?"
Rassie is a Mastermind, wait and see during the world cup. The man is genius, to a point where even worl rugby couldn't see that everything he does, has a plan behind it.
There was a season way back when Rassie coached the Cheetahs or Freestate or something. He'd sit on top of the stadium roof with coloured lights, and flash fake (?) signals to his team, and the opposition were so concerned about this that they were watching the lights and not the game. Genius.
@@jdQuinnn Oh, sure. Definitely. Absolutely. Rassie has no idea of how to coach a side. What an idiot. Hasn't got a clue. Training field. Blah blah blah.
Yeah as Western Province and Stormers fans we used to laugh about Rassie sitting on the roof with his disco lights. Then he pulled the Boks out of the doldrums.
Probably not many will be aware of just how much the great Uruguayan Pablo Lemoine has done to get Chile into the Rugby World Cup. The future of Chilean rugby is looking much brighter because of him!
Totally right about your Rassie been Director of Rugby interpretation. Don't know if other countries have such job title. Rather newish in SA (last 8 to 10yrs) Fancy name to keep a senior coach and give him more percs and maybe a little less time next to field. But in case of Rassie & Jake White (Bulls) they are very hands on and are the de racto coaches. Even at press conferences the players/journos look at them when tough questions are asked. And they politely try the actual coaches to answer it ....
Leo Cullen deserves a mention at least!! Also, you could do a vid on which country had the best all round coaching system in the world. I'd say Ireland. Look at what they've won and what's possible. Beaten practically everyone in the last year, Got 6N Grand Slam, U20 Grand Slam, possible European Championship, URC and WC!!
Rassie is right up there and yes he is the senior in his partnership with Nienaber. Jake White is a master of selection and very good and getting all the basics right. Every team he coaches is well organized and all the players know exactly what their role is.
Think wayne Smith needs a mention for what he did turning the black ferns around to win a world cup and for his role in the 2011/2015 all black world cup wins
Galthié's genius is on analysis of the game, his players and his himself. He knows that he's not a good manager, that's why he choosed Ibañez as manager. Also his capacities to get a very strong staff is impressive. Everyone is talking about Edwards, but the truth is that Vlok Cilliers and Thibaud Giroud are more important and impactful to France's team than Edwards. Also, Garcès is very important, he turned France into one of the most top 10 team penalized, in one of the less penalized in a very short time
Rassie did really well to win the world cup, but I still prefer Farrel and Galthie, the style of rugby those two teams bring to the table makes rugby exciting again, although I am loving Nieabers move towards a more expressive south african team. But wouldnt mind the next coach for SA to be John Dobson!
Rassie' 65% win rate is due to the initial period when he just took over, where the springboks were outside the top 5 in the rankings. They lost to Italy, they also lost 57-0 to the all blacks.. most senior players retired, like Matfield, Botha, Burger, Habana and many more.. He had to start from scratch. So to go from that, inside 18 months to winning the RWC, B&I Lions tour, the URC trophy and most other games is remarkable.
The difficulty to build a world cup winning team from South Africa's diverse population, and politicians needs to be recognized. I rate Eddie Jones and Cheika but they won't last a day in the jungle.
Good list. I'd like to know NH ppls opinions regarding Gregor Townsend. He seems to get some fantastic performances out of the Scotland team, but I'm not sure what his credentials really are. Re the list, I personally would look at Jamie Joseph and Tony Brown. They won super rugby with a Landers team with only a couple of international stars, and got Japan into 2019 rwc quarterfinals
Scotland play a lot more "heads up" rugby under Townsend than they did with Andy Robinson, Scott Johnson and even Vern Cotter (who I think was the better coach if I'm being honest) so they're now a much more exciting team to watch...but struggle mentally and can't easily convert pressure into points. A lot of their tries come from breaks and questionable opposition defence. Van Der Merwe's try against England and their loss to France in this year's 6N are the best examples. His contract is on the line I think in France...their pool is tough but technically I think they're capable of beating SA (but not Ireland) as their pack has actually been very good. But I think their attitude is still a case of "beating this team will be an outstanding achievement, but if we lose valiantly there are lots of positives to take" rather than "we can and will win the tournament".
Great video and commentary. Now I'm thinking about my own top 5 ... In no particular order: Robertson, Farrell, Galthie, Jones & maybe Gatland. Only reason I don't include Rassie is because as the Director of Rugby he is not technically an active coach but as you say, it's debatable how much influence he does or doesn't have. He and Nienaber actually met when they were doing military service a couple of decades ago! How about all-time greatest coaches? From a South African perspective I'd have Rassie, Kitch and Mallet as my top three with Jake White and Ian McIntosh completing the five. Queue angry comments about leaving certain other people out!
Thanks brother! Appreciate the support. I think Gatlands awesome, maybe it’s wales recent results which put me off. & damn they met in the military haha? That’s bloody awesome. I was thinking about doing that video soon… Comments would be gold 🤣🤣
@@uggy Gatland probably gets a bit of a raw deal from us in the southern hemisphere because of his personality and the more pragmatic approach we've seen from the Welsh and Lions. But so be it! As for Rassie and Moby, yes - up until 1994 military service was compulsory for all white men in South Africa and the two of them met as a result and have been buddies every since. Do the video!
Not sure on the Mallet choice. Yes, he reached those 17wins in a row, but he also left SA rugby in tatters and his tail between his legs when he resigned and went to Italy such was the damage he did subsequently thanks to that destructive ego of his. Everything broke when they lost that 18th game and the house of cards came tumbling down spectacularly.
@@matthewvanrensburg3824 Yes quite right, things did fall apart after we lost to England at Twickenham. Mallett made mistakes and that's what caused the wheels to come off. I'd say that is something that has happened to most coaches. You have to learn from those and to his credit he did apologise to Gary Teichmann for example. One of the problems with the national team job is that often one mistake can be fatal and you don't get another chance. For me the 17 consecutive wins and an overall winning percentage of ~71% plus winning away against Australia and New Zealand stands out.
@@frontrowrugby Mallet was a solid coach, and that 71% is good, but then, he also resigned before seeing out his tenure and risking damage to the stat, choosing to run away than go through the trial of steadying the ship. It took Mallet a long time to rebuild his reputation after that. And while there is room to debate he may have become a better coach afterwards, learning from his mistakes, that 'improved' coach isn't the coach the Bok had. Mallet for 4th, I can see, but I don't see an argument for him being above the 3 WC winning coaches.
This is interesting .... because what is Farrell's background? RUGBY LEAGUE - he played league, including for Grt Britain. And who else did the same? - Shaun Edwards, the current France defence coach whom you mentioned. Interesting times ...
@@neilmontgomery3470 no , this is the best team in the world , they need to win it , if they can't win it with this current crop of players and generation , and coaching talent in Ireland (Cullen , Lancaster , Farrell etc ) , then when ?..... That's why the Southern Hemisphere has 8 World Cups coz in SA and NZ they don't accept participation trophies , you either win or you're a loser . None of that " we tried our best " mentality
@@blaquenguni9249 I think if Ireland make a semi, they more than likely will win the cup. I just don't think it's in our nature to boast and big ourselves up.
@@neilmontgomery3470 Wales in 2015 and 2019 were really really trying to win those World Cups , and they lost both agonizingly close to the Soringboks . They knew they had the golden generation and the coaching team to do it . I'm not talking about what Ireland says publicly , I'm talking internal unspoken understanding within the Irish rugby fraternity, everyone should be quietly saying , the QF is gonna be war , our group is gonna be war , the semi is gonna be brutal and we will likely have all kinds of injuries if we make the final , but we have got to win this damn cup . That's the mentality !! ...not "semis is good enough , a final will be a great achievement". Nah bro , I can't endorse that . Take it from someone who lives in a country that's won 3 world cups in every decade I've been alive
I would put John Dobson up there as well - he's not currently an international coach but he's won one URC final while got at least to the final of another, while having a club under administration.
Wow. No Wayne Smith. I guess a 30 match win streak is impressive. But being handed a team thats been smashed in their northern tour, split by culture and bullying claims a few months out from the world cup and bringing them together to end the streak and win the cup....worth thinking about.
@@uggy Your content is great bro but ya know what they say "dress for the job you want". Think of where you want the channel to be in 5 years and design a set that would do that justice. looking forward to watching the channel grow.
Rassie best by far. Farrel's Ireland looked really rattled in the last 6 nations game, until Freddie was sent off. Ireland does not have consistent BMT. Ireland and France are going to get pummeled physical by the Boks.
Andy Farrel owes a lot to the Leinster coaches and his assistants, but seems to have clicked, it took a while, Ireland werent great his first 18 moinths in charge, dunno if erasmus can really be there with a 65% win record, i reckon the world cup will show whose the best.
What do you mean? He is not the current head coach...Nienaber is and Nienaber has a 65% record. he basically tutned South Africa into World Champions in 8 months...Now the Fact that 2023 was actually the year he was trying to build for...ot shows how good he is.
Don't forget Eddie Jones is loved in the SH but got sacked by England because they started losing a lot under him at the end. An honourable mention for Warren Gatland who under his first tenure was the most successful coach in the history of Welsh Rugby. No real success in Super rugby but returns and in five short games had brought Wales from flashy sloppy and unstructured to mediocre and structured, which is an improvement.
Razor so far has only won against other SH rugby teams, outside of the juniors at least. His record against NH opposition is 0-3. His Crusaders team were noticeably the province worst beaten by the midweek B&I Lions in 2017. That's the main reason some fans had reservations about his elevation to the All Blacks job, despite his NPC and Super Rugby record, and many still do.
You can never judge a coach without taking the team into consederation. Therefor I dont think this is important at all. I mean if Eddy Jones is not popular in England does it makes him a not so good coach? What about the All Black coaches, in my mind the All Black coahes surely played a big role in the performance of the All Blacks who is most of the time about the best team in the world?
Quite agree. Foster is the last rung of a succession plan agreed to 8 + 10 years ago regardless of how the game and coaching skills have rapidl progressed.
You may as well include Matt Wiliams😅😅😅. A best coach can only be judged by his greatest achievement. In rugby that greatest achievement is winning the world cup. Rassie is the man🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Just want to say love your channel, great insight.......even for an Aussie. However, to leave Wayne Smith off this list is a travesty. Mastermind behind 4 Super Rugby titles (2 as coach 2 as Assistant) , 2 Men's World Cup's (Henry and Hansen merely pawns), 2 Japanese Titles, and a Women's World Cup as massive underdogs. The Professor is king. Also my old man would kill me if I didnt mention Carwyn James.
hard to take you serious, Jamie surely has to be fourth equal and i think you should coach a national team or have to be a elite, scotty without a doubt is very good but he too has had a average year record wise been beaten twice by the same coach by a record @ home with his biggest losing margin, and that coach in my opinion was made to look silly by Brad. By far the best rugby played this year was that heineiken cup quarter final id kick the yarpies only any good at home and made to look average that top 14 is a decent comp. i hope you watched these game, i do cause super is crap and dying even the slow addle brained currie cup is better.
With Eddie’s record of failure (he has almost never been successful anywhere for more than 2 years, fired by wallabies 06, reds wooden spoon in 07, let go from saracens and England) and living off previous coaches work means I can’t take him seriously as a “top” coach
I almost stopped listening when you mentioned Clive Woodward……had 8 years to form a team. What SH team would have given that time? My proof is the Lions team to NZ… more money and time than any before but still a 3-0. No respect for that so called “sir”
There isnt a better coach as rassie,he even make players springboks even if not so good...onther reason is it is the most difficuilt team ans circumstance to coach(poketics,differ race ethnic groups etc).....and to take a team out off a deep dark hole and win the ab's ,and the wc in 18months....it speaks for itself...
A coach that has not coached in South Africa cannot be counted. In South Africa we have political dictatorship which has cost us world cups in cricket and has cost our top coaches their jobs. Mallet , White , etc. Rassie has the diplomacy to work with these odds. Few could. Dont mistake my comments for being against black elite sportsmen. Im very much for them and support and proud of them. Its our defunct polititians that are incapable of building our country but for some reason arround elections threaten teams as well as the Springbok emblem. Rassie has to work against or with that mentality. Eddie would not last a week in SA . He to blunt and doesnt tolerate bullshit. 😅😅
Rassie is miles beyond any other, remember he also needs to deal with qouta systems and world rugby's opposing attitude towards the Boks, something that every bok couch in history had to deal with, but unlike his predecessors he just decided to call them out on it.
lol, eddie jones has gone through 69 support staff in the last 6 years. people cant fkn stand the guy. the team manager for wallabies now is manager for the highlanders, who isnt afraid to share his opinion to others on how demanding he is. i wouldn't call him a great coach
All this Rassie talk, good coach but awful human being. Has brought the game into disrepute on numerous occasions! Flashing lights into opposing teams from stadium roof, making disgusting videos, abusing refs face to face and online... There are 3 top coaches currently, Gatland, Farrell and Galthie. Jones has now gone 4 games without a win lol Gatland is undeniable, and maybe turning Wales into something special again...
Nice to hear the honesty! I struggle to keep up with most of the men’s competitions & players, couldn’t imagine trying to expand that - I would straight up be pretending!
I've watched women's rugby for about 20 years. Agree that they're really pushing it and probably linked to the woke stuff, but I reckon they're also pushing it for gambling purposes. Partly because they want more women gambling and also, generally speaking, recreational sports punters stick to the sports they know
I think it is really impressive, in this day and age, that you are willing to admit that you are intimidated by women who are faster, stronger and more skillful than you. Well done 22grena.
@Opal Miner it's not being intimidated it's acknowledging the truth. They push it and exaggerated it. If men were playing the same level of rugby it'd be called trash and no one would take them seriously but because they're women they get a pass I'm sure eventually the rugby will get to a good enough level but as it is now it isn't. Whether they'd be better than him isn't an argument. I just hope it isn't as bad as the nba where they take from the men to support the wnba and still result in a $10m loss never ever having made a profit after 20 years
How so? His results are mediocre at best and he has a real issue taking criticism. You can't expect to escape criticism and have a cruisy job when you take on the 2nd most important job in NZ! Sorry mate 😎
@@thomasedwardking7286 Everyone outside of NZ knows Fozzie is world class and Razor is a snake oil salesman and a piss poor breakdancer to boot. You’re just too close to the subject to see the obvious.
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Rassie has a human touch, he'd surprise you. I used to see him at Cape town airport a few mornings a week on his way to Bloemfontein when he coached the cheetahs. He made time to talk to everyone.
I love that, can definitely see him doing this!
Great video. Rassie has shown its more than just rugby knowledge that wins you a World Cup, it’s about aligning players from diverse backgrounds with a common goal. In a “complex” country like South Africa it’s an unbelievably difficult task and he did it. Amazing feat.
Thanks for the support!! And agree he definitely leads the way in driving team culture 💪
@@uggy glad that you found a place to acknowledge shaun edwards. there will come a time when he is head coach. but for how he will content himself with the monica of worlds finest defence coach. for now, just for now
@@jukeseyable…..For a second there I honestly was trying to think of what famous Monicas you might be referring to, then I realised you meant moniker. Honestly, nearly twenty seconds of squinting and chin holding…. Lol
@@biggest23 appologies, I'm somewhat dyslexic, and the errors creap in often at confusing times, at least 20s is relatively rapid, my spelling has messed people up for longer then that on occasion
@@jukeseyable ….Mate, no worries. If you could’ve read my mind you’d be laughing your head off. I was thinking…. "Does everyone else know who Monica is but me, WTF?"
The proof is in the pudding: Rassie coached a disjointed team in 18 months to go on and win a RWC trophy. No one else his his equal on that basis.
nuff said!!!!!
He good yes
Rassie is a Mastermind, wait and see during the world cup. The man is genius, to a point where even worl rugby couldn't see that everything he does, has a plan behind it.
There was a season way back when Rassie coached the Cheetahs or Freestate or something. He'd sit on top of the stadium roof with coloured lights, and flash fake (?) signals to his team, and the opposition were so concerned about this that they were watching the lights and not the game. Genius.
Hahaha eff me that is the best thing I’ve heard
It's called micro management -ie. a failure to properly convey your message on the training field.
@@jdQuinnn Oh, sure. Definitely. Absolutely. Rassie has no idea of how to coach a side. What an idiot. Hasn't got a clue. Training field. Blah blah blah.
Yeah as Western Province and Stormers fans we used to laugh about Rassie sitting on the roof with his disco lights. Then he pulled the Boks out of the doldrums.
@@jdQuinnn ..and a micro-managed Webb Ellis trophy will do just fine 🇿🇦
Probably not many will be aware of just how much the great Uruguayan Pablo Lemoine has done to get Chile into the Rugby World Cup. The future of Chilean rugby is looking much brighter because of him!
Thank you! I’m going to look into it 😊 really appreciate comments like this
Totally right about your Rassie been Director of Rugby interpretation. Don't know if other countries have such job title. Rather newish in SA (last 8 to 10yrs) Fancy name to keep a senior coach and give him more percs and maybe a little less time next to field. But in case of Rassie & Jake White (Bulls) they are very hands on and are the de racto coaches. Even at press conferences the players/journos look at them when tough questions are asked.
And they politely try the actual coaches to answer it ....
Nice video man keep it up, really enjoy watching your analysis.
Thanks brother!!
Farrell is a great coach and has a great coaching team behind him. Paul O Connell, Mike Catt and Simon Easterby.
Beyond that Leo Cullen and the Leinster team are producing an abundance of international quality players.
@@paulmcconkey1011not sure tactics wise Leo is up there ..
O Gara seems to have the edge their ..
I’m a Leinster fan b4 you think I’m a Munster fan
Love a list!! Cracking content champion!
🤣🤣 mate I gotta add you to my recommended channels haha I was dying of laughter while in bed watching your hurling video earlier in the week!
Leo Cullen deserves a mention at least!! Also, you could do a vid on which country had the best all round coaching system in the world. I'd say Ireland. Look at what they've won and what's possible. Beaten practically everyone in the last year, Got 6N Grand Slam, U20 Grand Slam, possible European Championship, URC and WC!!
You actually watched portuguese highlights! Thanks a lot mate
I could not believe how bloody good it was! Thank you. I would’ve said your name too but I’m sure you’ve heard how bad my pronunciation is 😂
Rassie is right up there and yes he is the senior in his partnership with Nienaber. Jake White is a master of selection and very good and getting all the basics right. Every team he coaches is well organized and all the players know exactly what their role is.
Good vid!
Think wayne Smith needs a mention for what he did turning the black ferns around to win a world cup and for his role in the 2011/2015 all black world cup wins
Jake White probably deserves to be on this list. Cant deny he achieved results where ever he goes
Galthié's genius is on analysis of the game, his players and his himself. He knows that he's not a good manager, that's why he choosed Ibañez as manager. Also his capacities to get a very strong staff is impressive. Everyone is talking about Edwards, but the truth is that Vlok Cilliers and Thibaud Giroud are more important and impactful to France's team than Edwards. Also, Garcès is very important, he turned France into one of the most top 10 team penalized, in one of the less penalized in a very short time
Nice assessment. I would like to see an update based on current data, and considering results.
Agree with all your selections and more or less the ranking as well!
Rassie did really well to win the world cup, but I still prefer Farrel and Galthie, the style of rugby those two teams bring to the table makes rugby exciting again, although I am loving Nieabers move towards a more expressive south african team. But wouldnt mind the next coach for SA to be John Dobson!
Rassie' 65% win rate is due to the initial period when he just took over, where the springboks were outside the top 5 in the rankings.
They lost to Italy, they also lost 57-0 to the all blacks.. most senior players retired, like Matfield, Botha, Burger, Habana and many more.. He had to start from scratch. So to go from that, inside 18 months to winning the RWC, B&I Lions tour, the URC trophy and most other games is remarkable.
Wow good points
Farrell is a hell of a coach... we will have to seen at the WC but his team is by far the best in the world at the moment
The difficulty to build a world cup winning team from South Africa's diverse population, and politicians needs to be recognized. I rate Eddie Jones and Cheika but they won't last a day in the jungle.
Good list. I'd like to know NH ppls opinions regarding Gregor Townsend. He seems to get some fantastic performances out of the Scotland team, but I'm not sure what his credentials really are. Re the list, I personally would look at Jamie Joseph and Tony Brown. They won super rugby with a Landers team with only a couple of international stars, and got Japan into 2019 rwc quarterfinals
Yeah I’m starting to think Jamie Joseph probably should of got more of a mention! Hard to replace anyone on the list tho!
Scotland play a lot more "heads up" rugby under Townsend than they did with Andy Robinson, Scott Johnson and even Vern Cotter (who I think was the better coach if I'm being honest) so they're now a much more exciting team to watch...but struggle mentally and can't easily convert pressure into points. A lot of their tries come from breaks and questionable opposition defence. Van Der Merwe's try against England and their loss to France in this year's 6N are the best examples.
His contract is on the line I think in France...their pool is tough but technically I think they're capable of beating SA (but not Ireland) as their pack has actually been very good. But I think their attitude is still a case of "beating this team will be an outstanding achievement, but if we lose valiantly there are lots of positives to take" rather than "we can and will win the tournament".
@@newmanj8690 with the player pool he has i think he punches above his weight, remember theres only 2 top flight scots teams
Townsend has had Scotland playing well for a season and they haven't won a trophy. That empty trophy cabinet counts for a lot.
Galthié was the IRB player of the year in 2002, great coach but also argubly one of the smartest player in rugby history
Wow I did not know that
As an Irish man I worry we are still 60kg light in the pack for this World Cup. But watch this space for 2027…some big old units coming through atm
Uggy uggy uggy!!!
Great video, love the fact u included Portugal! Great hearing about some of the up & coming Latin countries stepping it up 👍👍
Legend!! Haha cheers mate
Great video and commentary. Now I'm thinking about my own top 5 ... In no particular order: Robertson, Farrell, Galthie, Jones & maybe Gatland. Only reason I don't include Rassie is because as the Director of Rugby he is not technically an active coach but as you say, it's debatable how much influence he does or doesn't have. He and Nienaber actually met when they were doing military service a couple of decades ago!
How about all-time greatest coaches? From a South African perspective I'd have Rassie, Kitch and Mallet as my top three with Jake White and Ian McIntosh completing the five. Queue angry comments about leaving certain other people out!
Thanks brother! Appreciate the support. I think Gatlands awesome, maybe it’s wales recent results which put me off. & damn they met in the military haha? That’s bloody awesome.
I was thinking about doing that video soon… Comments would be gold 🤣🤣
@@uggy Gatland probably gets a bit of a raw deal from us in the southern hemisphere because of his personality and the more pragmatic approach we've seen from the Welsh and Lions. But so be it!
As for Rassie and Moby, yes - up until 1994 military service was compulsory for all white men in South Africa and the two of them met as a result and have been buddies every since. Do the video!
Not sure on the Mallet choice. Yes, he reached those 17wins in a row, but he also left SA rugby in tatters and his tail between his legs when he resigned and went to Italy such was the damage he did subsequently thanks to that destructive ego of his. Everything broke when they lost that 18th game and the house of cards came tumbling down spectacularly.
@@matthewvanrensburg3824 Yes quite right, things did fall apart after we lost to England at Twickenham. Mallett made mistakes and that's what caused the wheels to come off. I'd say that is something that has happened to most coaches. You have to learn from those and to his credit he did apologise to Gary Teichmann for example.
One of the problems with the national team job is that often one mistake can be fatal and you don't get another chance.
For me the 17 consecutive wins and an overall winning percentage of ~71% plus winning away against Australia and New Zealand stands out.
@@frontrowrugby Mallet was a solid coach, and that 71% is good, but then, he also resigned before seeing out his tenure and risking damage to the stat, choosing to run away than go through the trial of steadying the ship.
It took Mallet a long time to rebuild his reputation after that. And while there is room to debate he may have become a better coach afterwards, learning from his mistakes, that 'improved' coach isn't the coach the Bok had.
Mallet for 4th, I can see, but I don't see an argument for him being above the 3 WC winning coaches.
This is interesting .... because what is Farrell's background? RUGBY LEAGUE - he played league, including for Grt Britain. And who else did the same? - Shaun Edwards, the current France defence coach whom you mentioned. Interesting times ...
More great content dude
Thanks brother!!
Leo Cullen deserves an honourable mention too. One of the best club coaches in the world atm!
Good shout! Leinster are having a season and a half!
Leo who? Jamie Joseph
@@RugbyLover86 the Lion, that’s who
Funny to see Foster in there... what short memories we must have.
Haha he’s not actually in the video 🤣
More successful than Rennie
Andy Farrell is arguably the best coach in World Rugby at the moment. If Ireland progress past the Quarter Final stage the argument is over!
So the standard is just go past the QF of the World Cup , whilst World Cup winners are overlooked. That's a odd standard to set
@@blaquenguni9249 The minimum standard is to get a semi final. After that everything else is a bonus.
@@neilmontgomery3470 no , this is the best team in the world , they need to win it , if they can't win it with this current crop of players and generation , and coaching talent in Ireland (Cullen , Lancaster , Farrell etc ) , then when ?.....
That's why the Southern Hemisphere has 8 World Cups coz in SA and NZ they don't accept participation trophies , you either win or you're a loser . None of that " we tried our best " mentality
@@blaquenguni9249 I think if Ireland make a semi, they more than likely will win the cup. I just don't think it's in our nature to boast and big ourselves up.
@@neilmontgomery3470 Wales in 2015 and 2019 were really really trying to win those World Cups , and they lost both agonizingly close to the Soringboks . They knew they had the golden generation and the coaching team to do it .
I'm not talking about what Ireland says publicly , I'm talking internal unspoken understanding within the Irish rugby fraternity, everyone should be quietly saying , the QF is gonna be war , our group is gonna be war , the semi is gonna be brutal and we will likely have all kinds of injuries if we make the final , but we have got to win this damn cup . That's the mentality !! ...not "semis is good enough , a final will be a great achievement". Nah bro , I can't endorse that . Take it from someone who lives in a country that's won 3 world cups in every decade I've been alive
I would put John Dobson up there as well - he's not currently an international coach but he's won one URC final while got at least to the final of another, while having a club under administration.
Great shout!
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Wow. No Wayne Smith. I guess a 30 match win streak is impressive. But being handed a team thats been smashed in their northern tour, split by culture and bullying claims a few months out from the world cup and bringing them together to end the streak and win the cup....worth thinking about.
Great vid Uggy. Maybe spring for a plant mate. That background was prison sparce.
🤣🤣 definitely need to give the set up some love
@@uggy Your content is great bro but ya know what they say "dress for the job you want".
Think of where you want the channel to be in 5 years and design a set that would do that justice.
looking forward to watching the channel grow.
@@_Opal_Miner_ cheers brother good advice! It’s all happening quicker then I thought 😅 see what I can pull together
Rassie best by far. Farrel's Ireland looked really rattled in the last 6 nations game, until Freddie was sent off. Ireland does not have consistent BMT. Ireland and France are going to get pummeled physical by the Boks.
Boks havent beaten ireland in over 7 years and france in 5 years. Where has their physicality been since?
Ronan O'Gara is worth a mention. Better than Rassie
Eddie is such a good coach. his comments about the English were spot on. As a kiwi im loathing that the AB's have to see him again this RWC lol
There’s an English comedy actor called Tom Davis. Check him out, he looks like Jason Ryan
Hahah holy shit! Twins?
wheres wayne smith - he is one of the all time greats
Re do this video after the world cup Rassie will be at the summit
John Dobson!
Andy Farrel owes a lot to the Leinster coaches and his assistants, but seems to have clicked, it took a while, Ireland werent great his first 18 moinths in charge, dunno if erasmus can really be there with a 65% win record, i reckon the world cup will show whose the best.
What do you mean? He is not the current head coach...Nienaber is and Nienaber has a 65% record. he basically tutned South Africa into World Champions in 8 months...Now the Fact that 2023 was actually the year he was trying to build for...ot shows how good he is.
Don't forget Eddie Jones is loved in the SH but got sacked by England because they started losing a lot under him at the end.
An honourable mention for Warren Gatland who under his first tenure was the most successful coach in the history of Welsh Rugby. No real success in Super rugby but returns and in five short games had brought Wales from flashy sloppy and unstructured to mediocre and structured, which is an improvement.
There's no way Eddie Jones is only 4th. Part of the disturbing trend of valuing world cups over everything which I think is wrong.
Razor so far has only won against other SH rugby teams, outside of the juniors at least. His record against NH opposition is 0-3. His Crusaders team were noticeably the province worst beaten by the midweek B&I Lions in 2017. That's the main reason some fans had reservations about his elevation to the All Blacks job, despite his NPC and Super Rugby record, and many still do.
oh yes we can't forget that absolute try fest between the crusaders and Lions.
He has no experience at senior international level and could be found out fairly quickly if he’s not up to it.
10 years ago EJ was a great coach. In his last 2 seasons he was poor as a man-manager, poor in player development and abysmal as a strategist.
I really need him for 6 months 😅😅
@@uggy Yep! That is just about his sell-by date.
@@uggy he will target england just to show his former employers, but dont think he will get past a semi final.
You can never judge a coach without taking the team into consederation. Therefor I dont think this is important at all. I mean if Eddy Jones is not popular in England does it makes him a not so good coach? What about the All Black coaches, in my mind the All Black coahes surely played a big role in the performance of the All Blacks who is most of the time about the best team in the world?
I am an Irish fan but I think Clive Woodward was brilliant. Galthié is special.
2005 BIL’s tour upset that a bit.
I don't think you can put someone on this list who is not yet an international coach. Looking at you Scott Robertson
Fozzie is the worst coach of all time, wish we had Jamie Joseph
🤣🤣 almost put a meme of him as #1
@@uggy would have been crack up lol
@@RugbyLover86 Brad thorn sprung to mine too 😅
Quite agree. Foster is the last rung of a succession plan agreed to 8 + 10 years ago regardless of how the game and coaching skills have rapidl progressed.
At least he's not a crybaby like rassie 😭
As a springbok fan im not excited to see Scott Robertson coaching New Zealand
They will be extremely good then
You may as well include Matt Wiliams😅😅😅. A best coach can only be judged by his greatest achievement. In rugby that greatest achievement is winning the world cup. Rassie is the man🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
ROG has to be in top 5 now
Just want to say love your channel, great insight.......even for an Aussie. However, to leave Wayne Smith off this list is a travesty. Mastermind behind 4 Super Rugby titles (2 as coach 2 as Assistant) , 2 Men's World Cup's (Henry and Hansen merely pawns), 2 Japanese Titles, and a Women's World Cup as massive underdogs. The Professor is king. Also my old man would kill me if I didnt mention Carwyn James.
Thank you sir!! & some great shouts
No Jamie Joseph! WTF
Man should have been the ABs coach over Fozzie the clown
Fair call! I owe learning how to tackle properly to his RUclips videos
Legit ranks on the coaches despite the baity thumbnail 😂
Hahaha 10/10 clickbait
id put Rassie at 1 for his time and the late Kitch number 1 for his time.....
After the world cup Rassie will jump from 2 to 1.
Big call!!
Head sook
Andy Farrell #1
Foster should be in the bottom 5 including all nations
hard to take you serious, Jamie surely has to be fourth equal and i think you should coach a national team or have to be a elite, scotty without a doubt is very good but he too has had a average year record wise been beaten twice by the same coach by a record @ home with his biggest losing margin, and that coach in my opinion was made to look silly by Brad. By far the best rugby played this year was that heineiken cup quarter final id kick the yarpies only any good at home and made to look average that top 14 is a decent comp. i hope you watched these game, i do cause super is crap and dying even the slow addle brained currie cup is better.
With Eddie’s record of failure (he has almost never been successful anywhere for more than 2 years, fired by wallabies 06, reds wooden spoon in 07, let go from saracens and England) and living off previous coaches work means I can’t take him seriously as a “top” coach
I need him for 6 months 🤣
No coachs ego gets more in the way than Eddie
I almost stopped listening when you mentioned Clive Woodward……had 8 years to form a team. What SH team would have given that time? My proof is the Lions team to NZ… more money and time than any before but still a 3-0. No respect for that so called “sir”
Sir Rassie, 18 months from awful to another Webb Ellis trophy 🇿🇦
No disrespect to the coaches on this list, but Rassie is in another league altogether.
A successful club coach doesn’t make you one of the world’s best rugby coaches. IMHO.
Better than picking a coach that never won anything like fozzie
There isnt a better coach as rassie,he even make players springboks even if not so good...onther reason is it is the most difficuilt team ans circumstance to coach(poketics,differ race ethnic groups etc).....and to take a team out off a deep dark hole and win the ab's ,and the wc in 18months....it speaks for itself...
Schmidt built that Irish team and took them to #1 . Schmidt did all the hard work so I wouldn’t rate Farrell #1 probably #5 aye and rassie #1
How good was Rassie on the walkie talkie last week.
A coach that has not coached in South Africa cannot be counted. In South Africa we have political dictatorship which has cost us world cups in cricket and has cost our top coaches their jobs. Mallet , White , etc. Rassie has the diplomacy to work with these odds. Few could. Dont mistake my comments for being against black elite sportsmen. Im very much for them and support and proud of them. Its our defunct polititians that are incapable of building our country but for some reason arround elections threaten teams as well as the Springbok emblem. Rassie has to work against or with that mentality. Eddie would not last a week in SA . He to blunt and doesnt tolerate bullshit. 😅😅
Get a life.
Yeah, interesting the difference between the man managers and the chess players... 0
Can’t wait to breakdown the philosophies of coaches, polar opposites often lead to the same outcome. Very fascinating
Rassie “Faf skop die bal weg” Erasmus
‘Both of the Springbok World Cup wins” - naa mate, it’s 3 times.
Ahh got me there 🤣
Rassie is miles beyond any other, remember he also needs to deal with qouta systems and world rugby's opposing attitude towards the Boks, something that every bok couch in history had to deal with, but unlike his predecessors he just decided to call them out on it.
Who can say. The Coach is too highly rated.It's the players who win matches. Coaches can only focus them.The Coach cult belongs to Soccer
i love how we will jut ignore how refs are producing outcomes in games and there are consequences for everybody but them!!
Don't think No 1 coach label is correct . Rassie is still no 1
lol, eddie jones has gone through 69 support staff in the last 6 years. people cant fkn stand the guy. the team manager for wallabies now is manager for the highlanders, who isnt afraid to share his opinion to others on how demanding he is. i wouldn't call him a great coach
Your drunk mates, Erasmus is one of the best period
Did you watch the video? I got him at second!
My apologies mates, your spot on
@@conniemogale5224 😂 my bad, I shouldn’t of gone so clickbait! All love ❤️
Except when he went to Munster and won nothing.
All this Rassie talk, good coach but awful human being. Has brought the game into disrepute on numerous occasions!
Flashing lights into opposing teams from stadium roof, making disgusting videos, abusing refs face to face and online...
There are 3 top coaches currently, Gatland, Farrell and Galthie.
Jones has now gone 4 games without a win lol
Gatland is undeniable, and maybe turning Wales into something special again...
Women’s rugby is a different sport. Not interested in it or channels that think they have to cover it because they have to be woke.
Nice to hear the honesty! I struggle to keep up with most of the men’s competitions & players, couldn’t imagine trying to expand that - I would straight up be pretending!
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I've watched women's rugby for about 20 years. Agree that they're really pushing it and probably linked to the woke stuff, but I reckon they're also pushing it for gambling purposes. Partly because they want more women gambling and also, generally speaking, recreational sports punters stick to the sports they know
I think it is really impressive, in this day and age, that you are willing to admit that you are intimidated by women who are faster, stronger and more skillful than you. Well done 22grena.
@Opal Miner it's not being intimidated it's acknowledging the truth. They push it and exaggerated it. If men were playing the same level of rugby it'd be called trash and no one would take them seriously but because they're women they get a pass
I'm sure eventually the rugby will get to a good enough level but as it is now it isn't.
Whether they'd be better than him isn't an argument.
I just hope it isn't as bad as the nba where they take from the men to support the wnba and still result in a $10m loss never ever having made a profit after 20 years
If I were NZRugby I’d steer well clear of Razor and stick with Fozzie, who is awesome!
How so? His results are mediocre at best and he has a real issue taking criticism. You can't expect to escape criticism and have a cruisy job when you take on the 2nd most important job in NZ! Sorry mate 😎
@@thomasedwardking7286 Everyone outside of NZ knows Fozzie is world class and Razor is a snake oil salesman and a piss poor breakdancer to boot. You’re just too close to the subject to see the obvious.
Huh the way I look at it with fozzie you have a chance with Razor you have no chance 😁
@@Trajan2401 I admire your faith. But I don't think I prescribe to it! Still, I am happy on this occasion if he makes me a believer 🙏
Stewart lancaster
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😂 Andy better than Rassie
We all know whose the biggest dud as a coach and will likely go out with a whimper in September...
Poor analysis due to lack of proper research. But these are just opinions and therefore subjective, but some of the rationale here is just stupid.
Fozzy isnt even the best coach in NZ
This is nz kak , Rassie is the goat get ur facts right ....
Laughable... WC winning coach not but Cheika yes? You joking right?
It’s just a thumbnail to make people click 😅 cheika isn’t in the video
michael cheika = worst coach