Rather than juggling teaching and duties as the Wallaroos head coach, Jay Tregonning says a full-time coaching position would help the Australian women’s rugby side take the next step.
The coach of the Wallaroos says upgrading the role to a full-time position would help continue the growth of the Australian women’s rugby side and, in tandem with players becoming professional, help fight off the increasing threat of other sports and foreign raiders.
Sources familiar with the situation said players have still not been offered contracts for next year. And though players are in line for multi-season increases to the part-contracts that began this year, players are also receiving offers from overseas clubs and the NRL’s women’s competition. Inaction may see Super W lose more stars next year.
Rugby Australia’s appointment of a dedicated Women’s High-Performance Manager on Tuesday is likely to speed up the contracting issue, informed sources said. Former Olympic rower and rowing performance manager Jaime Fernandez was announced in the new role.Fernandez’s position has been largely funded by World Rugby as part of the “Accelerate” program, which aims to help equalise women’s rugby globally over the next decade.
“It is one of those situations where we are starting to get a bit of connection and cohesion between the coaching group and the players. Although performances are still a bit inconsistent, there are definitely some improvements that everyone is seeing .... and I think from the cohesion point of view, the team will continue to develop and continue to improve.
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