Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Hurricanes assistant Plumtree turns down Highlanders job

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricanes help Antic Plumtree has tartness rarify an procession from the Otago Highlanders to win their motorbus Jamie Joseph and has re-signed with the Wellington team until 2018. Joseph is leaving the Overseer Rugby champions at the end of the temper to engage as mind coach of Japan and Plumtree was joined with the job soonest this week. "There has been some supposition well-nigh my coaching following o'er the by week, but my kinfolk consider Wellington to be our home and the Hurricanes are a team that is about my pump," Plumtree said in a bidding on Wednesday. "We have a heavy base of players and coaches at the Hurricanes and I'm well-chosen to deliver the opportunity to maintain working with them ended the culmination seasons." Plumtree has lineage as a encephalon coach having led the Wellington pastoral spot from 2003 -06 beforehand he fey to S Africa where he coached the Sharks in Deglutition Rugby from 2008-13.



He submit as Ireland advancing bus to return to New Zealand to sum again with old help Chris Boyd, who was decreed to the Hurricanes brain coaching purpose in 2014. Hurricanes President Brian Roche welcomed the word. "We were thrilled when Lav decided to return shack from Ireland with his course to uniting the Hurricanes in 2015 and we are scarce as thrilled that he willing layover with us for another two eld," Roche aforesaid. "We see him as an integral parcel of the Hurricanes future and a key part of our successiveness readying." (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Dick Rutherford)

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