MELBOURNE: Sacked Queensland Reds coach Nick Stiles has thrown his hat in the ring to replace departing Wallabies forwards coach Mario Ledesma. Stiles was fired last week after coaching the Reds to just four wins in his first season solely in charge of the Brisbane-based Super Rugby team. Ledesma, who was credited for fixing the Wallabies’ scrum before their run to the 2015 World Cup final, is returning to his native Argentina to coach the Jaguares. “I think what I was able to achieve as a forwards coach at both the (Western) Force and the Reds is proof of that,” the 43-year-old former Wallabies prop told the Australian Rugby Union website (rugby.com.au). They play the world champion All Blacks in the third and final Bledisloe Cup test in Brisbane on Oct. 21.

Source: New Strait Times October 10, 2017 00:11 UTC