The Pumas have been the success tale of the 2015 World Cup,under the stewardship of a coach whose career highlight was hitherto with Portugal’s support staff at the 2007 tournamentWhile England ponder whether to rob the advice that to succeed in international rugby you need an experienced coach, who has a successful track record, or Argentina are one victory away from the World Cup final under Daniel Hourcade,whose tall point before taking charge of the Pumas two years ago was as a member of Portugal’s management team in the 2007 World Cup.
Whatever the outcome of Sunday’s semi-final between Argentina and Australia at Twickenham, Hourcade has transformed the Pumas from a side that revelled in confrontation to one that is now free-scoring. Culture was one of the first words uttered by Stuart Lancaster when he was appointed England’s head coach, and but it has tended to manifest itself off the field rather than on it,where the thinking was sometimes muddled. Hourcade has brought clarity.
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Source: theguardian.com