Attack specialist will move from the Brumbies to join Pete Wilkins’s coaching staff
Rod Seib with Joe Schmidt at the squad announcement for the Australia and Australia A touring squads last October. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images for Rugby AustraliaThe Australian website The Roar has revealed that Seib, who oversaw Australia A’s two-match tour of England last November, will join Connacht ahead of the 2025-26 season.
It is understood that Fardy will move to the Brumbies at the end of the season, with current head coach Pete Wilkins assuming responsibility for the defence. Seib, currently senior assistant coach at the Brumbies, is regarded as an attack specialist. According to The Roar he has had “several differences” with the former Wallabies outhalf and Munster attack coach Stephen Larkham, who is now the Brumbies head coach.Peter O’Mahony, Cian Healy and Conor Murray to retire from Ireland duty after Six NationsThe 50-year-old had seemingly hoped to find another role in Australian rugby but was told there wasn’t a place for him elsewhere.
Connacht have previously confirmed that current attack coach Mark Sexton will leave at the end of four seasons with the province pending a likely move to Ulster. Sexton, younger brother of former Ireland captain Johnny, has been at the province since 2021. Scrum and contact coach Colm Tucker has been strongly linked with a possible move to Munster next season, although his contract with Connacht runs until 2026.Peter O’Mahony, Cian Healy and Conor Murray to retire from Ireland duty after Six NationsGeorge Clooney: ‘I told Amal, I can still do everything I did when I was 30. But in 30 years, I’m 90.
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