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
definitely fairly knows less moment objective obviously pace per physically point start stuff top trying
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.
ability call confident hard past performed role shots trained week
He's trained hard this week and has performed well in the role for the Wallabies in the past so we're confident in his ability to call the shots on Friday.
chance definitely involved next pulled remarkably
Benn has actually pulled up remarkably well, so we will just see how he is in the next 24, 48 hours, but he's definitely a chance to be involved next week.
fit keen
Mat was very keen to be fit for this match, but in the end he wasn't right.
issues physically
There are two issues with Mat: emotionally he is not right and physically he is off the pace.
guys run stressed sure
I stressed there is not much between some of the players, so the guys who run out there need to make sure they deliver.
good hard himself issues match pushing rocky training
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.
best competition fit playing team
We're playing the best team in the competition and we've got to have fit players.
bit school
He's a bit old school in that context.
account developing field giving good himself improving keeps late training
He is one of those late developing players. He's been giving a good account of himself on training field and the paddock. If he keeps improving that is something you can't ignore.
key players surprised
He is vice-captain and one of our key players so I will be surprised if he doesn't.
jumps
Just play on and see who jumps up. We don't use them.
benefit bit decision hindsight learnt million moment moved people positions spur supported wrong
He did take that hard. You're sometimes put in those positions where there's a spur of the moment decision and there's probably a million people out there with the benefit of hindsight who can probably tell you you've done the wrong thing. I think he learnt a bit there, but I supported what he did and we moved on.
far leadership played
Peter's played very well so far and his leadership will be important from the back,