Ewen McKenzie
Ewen McKenzie
Ewen James Andrew McKenzieis an Australian professional rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played for Australia's World Cup winning team in 1991 and earned 51 caps for the Wallabies during his test career. McKenzie was head coach of the Australian team from 2013 to 2014. He has coached in both southern and northern hemispheres, in Super Rugby for the Waratahs and Reds, and in France at Top 14 side Stade Français. During his playing days he...
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth21 June 1965
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He's the kind of guy who doesn't fear getting stuck in and it's that kind of quality that makes people want to play alongside him.
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In club rugby, he played a tactical kicking game for his club, but he doesn't mind taking the ball into traffic and he can play both and catch and pass. And he's got that sleight of hand at the line where he might pass it and he might not. He's very good at using people around him to create opportunities for himself and for them, so hopefully he can display all of that on the weekend and a bit more.
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He played a full game with a broken nose only a couple of weeks ago, so he is pretty tough. I was not surprised about that.
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It's very disappointing he won't be available but I'm not slashing my wrists because I think we have other people who can step into the breach.
appreciation game good kicking
They've got a very good tactical appreciation of the kicking game, they can play with width and I thought their mauling game (last week) was outstanding.
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It looks like we're dead and buried on that one, it seems like the dollar might have beaten us. I don't think we're in the ball park at all. Players only move for three things, the program, lifestyle or money. I'm sure the lifestyle is good, but I don't think too many of the guys over there have enhanced their Test prospects this year.
question
It'll give us another thing to think about, there's no question about that.
against business challenge contests earlier early enjoys guys last missed played rest year
He played against them earlier this year and I think he enjoys the challenge of those contests as much as the rest of our guys do. He did well early last year but then was out and we missed him in the business end of the season.
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We're playing the best team in the competition and we've got to have fit players.
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Rocky has been training with us the whole time. I don't have any issues about his match fitness, because he is very good at pushing himself hard off the field.
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I stressed there is not much between some of the players, so the guys who run out there need to make sure they deliver.
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I think there's two issues. Obviously emotionally he's not right and physically he's off the pace. We'll definitely start doing some one-on-one stuff with him shortly so he's on top of that. He's definitely off the pace at the moment and he knows that and I can see that so there's no point in trying to get him to play at anything less than 100 per cent. So I think it's a fairly objective decision.
change forgotten regular whether
I haven't forgotten what I've said before, but whether you'd change your No.9 if you don't have your regular No.10 ... that's one of the things we'd have to look at.