Jared Payne Stepping Down
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Topic: Jared Payne Stepping Down
Posted By: Mrfwon
Subject: Jared Payne Stepping Down
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 10:28am
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Just come across this on the Beeb, our defence coach is stepping down at the end of the season: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c1e91xyq15no" rel="nofollow - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c1e91xyq15no ------------- Scarlets!!! |
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Posted By: Wil Chips
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 10:37am
| A sensible move for all concerned with the caveat being how the Scarlets shape next season's coaching group. |
Posted By: Wasp
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 10:41am
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Where’s he going to? Anyone know? ------------- We're still still here, but I wish we were in an Anglo-Welsh |
Posted By: Derwynfawr
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 11:13am
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There were rumours he was going for the Connaught job last season so can see he's been on the lookout for something different. I think will be a positive for us and freshen up the coaching team. ------------- D Fraw |
Posted By: hoppy
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 11:39am
| We want to build an environment that challenges our players, supports their growth and reflects the ambition of the Scarlets as a club. We will confirm details of the coaching structure for the 2026-27 season in due course.” - Nigel Davies |
Posted By: Abbey
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 12:16pm
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Room for Stephen Jones now 😂 |
Posted By: Legendinmybathroom
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 12:50pm
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I believe that the days of accepting a mediocre coaching setup are finished now that Nigel Davies is DoR (interim). He’s been used to being coached by / part of extremely professional coaching teams in his time at Llanelli/Scarlets. I look forward to seeing what the complete coaching team will look like for next season, I’m sure that Jared is the first of several people to be moved on or demoted to lesser roles.
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Posted By: pillory
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 1:08pm
| Like Wales, isn't defence the better part of our game lately? |
Posted By: Abbey
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 1:17pm
I’d be shocked if Nigel wasn’t made permanent |
Legendinmybathroom wrote:Posted By: Tony Clifton
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 1:18pm
| All for the best. Our defence is lacking. |
Posted By: Wasp
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 1:36pm
Miles better than when Babs was running it! ------------- We're still still here, but I wish we were in an Anglo-Welsh |
Posted By: Lincscarlet
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 1:49pm
| Sounds like a mixture of wanting out and being moved on to be honest, best for all parties. I'd forgotten Payne was here if I'm honest I don't know who else will be on their way out, but I can't imagine we'd want to lose Van Den Berg - personally it looks like he's improved our forwards no end from when he came in, considering he'd be used to a plethora of hard working large units in SA and has 2 genuine second rows to work with here (when they are fit). |
Posted By: ladram
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 2:04pm
Interim ? He's going to be there till he decides to leave
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Posted By: skyblue
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 2:36pm
Where does Peel fit in... In your opinion. ------------- KRR |
Posted By: Paul10
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 2:46pm
Yes but this is with the return of injured absentees. It was very good at Saints. Not many teams hustle them in midfield.
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Posted By: scarletpimp
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 4:49pm
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What I will say about coaching, is that apart from Dwaine, Scarlets havevbeen a revolving door since Easterby departed. He , like Moar and Pivac departed to undertake international duties ( together with Stevo). We obviously need the right people in post, as some our picks have been poor. Continuity however is important to us, once the new team led by Nigel Davies( hopefully) is shaped , we can keep those individuals in post to build relationships. This cannot happen overnight Payne definitely improved the defence when Babs was moved on. It is still inconsistent however, and we are still leaking far too many tries. Wonderful against Ulster, it won us the game in the second half. Then we go to Edinburgh , and then let in some poor scores. No everything of course is the coaches fault, as player errors are often punished, whatever system you have in place ------------- I stood yer on tanner bank |
Posted By: glyndwr
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 5:39pm
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It’s likely Payne already has a job in Ireland lined up with the IRFU as they’ve been high on him as coaching talent for a while now and he was linked to not just Connacht but Ulster. I just feel like he never found his own consistency with us and that’s partially down to the shuffling the deck under Peel and being too reactive a bit too late to things than proactive when it came to the entire setup. I feel like Nigel will end up DoR even if it’s through to end of next year. Peel who knows, the Head Coach position is more a title than an actual thing since Nigel came back. Either stays as a glorified attack coach or leaves. Unsure. The next few months will be interesting.
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Posted By: Tony Clifton
Date Posted: 12 March 2026 at 8:11pm
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For me, we need a clean slate. No moving Peel around, like we did Payne, then peel to attack, etc. Need a new head coach focused on being head coach.
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