www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/st ... 21999.html Quote Stuart stands down as Kangaroos coach December 8, 2008 - 3:05PM Ricky Stuart has stood down as coach of the Australian team today following an investigation by the Rugby League International Federation into his behaviour after the Kangaroos lost the World Cup final to New Zealand last month. The federation fined Stuart $20,000 and the coach informed the Australian Rugby League that he no longer wished to coach the national team.'" good

www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/st ... 21999.html Quote Stuart stands down as Kangaroos coach December 8, 2008 - 3:05PM Ricky Stuart has stood down as coach of the Australian team today following an investigation by the Rugby League International Federation into his behaviour after the Kangaroos lost the World Cup final to New Zealand last month. The federation fined Stuart $20,000 and the coach informed the Australian Rugby League that he no longer wished to coach the national team.'" good

They should get someone like Des Hasler coaching them,atleast he won't chuck a tantrum after a loss.

big mal will get the gig

true

origin is too much for mal with the aussie job.

he should leave the origin job to someone else.

though apparently hes just a figurehead anyway and the guy with the real skills is neil henry

www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 47,00.html meninga prepared to stand down as origin coach if he gets the australian job

www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 47,00.html meninga prepared to stand down as origin coach if he gets the australian job

Well then, if Meninga gets the job, I think the most important question is who will be his assistant?

Sticky is a dumbass for saying what he said. He has been fantastic for the Kangaroos and I regret that he must step down. I really don't feel there's a standout replacement.

I guess Meninga as coach and someone like Gould as his assistant would be best, but I definitely can't see that happening.

lazarus.

belcher

Stuart's a sore loser, and he's crowned it by walking away.

Oh dear.

Stuart is the role model of whinging Oz.

Good riddance. I had a lot of respect for the man as a coach before his outburst. In fact I was very impressed how calm and relaxed he was during the press conference after the final, but now I couldn't care less as long as he doesn't coach representative level again.

ha ha a sorry final chapter in Australias disastarous WC campaign!

ahahaha great news.

See you ricky!

Ganson > Ricky Stuart

wow some of you guys are bitter.

imagine if england actually had won instead of NZ, what would you guys be like.

then again, no one has an imagination that good do they.

We would still laugh at Ricky Stuart!

See you ricky

Thats who would seem the likely replacement

Good result.

Think it was more of a jump before pushed situation.

so let me get this right - if england had won the world cup, youd still be worried about ricky stuart?

Worried is not the word however I am always happy to see anyone who thinks that abusing match officials is OK get their just deserts. I'd hate to think that you were condoning his actions but then again maybe it's just a case of standards.

like i said before, this whole stuart bashing here is just a case of sour grapes by english fans at how bad their team were.

its really, really bad form

sod off



most off the stuart bashing has come from the aussie press....we're just glad the idiot has gone

Do the same thing in most other jobs, and you would be dismissed. Do the same thing in a profession heavily exposed to the the media as RL is in Australia then instant dismissal.

Stuart needed his arm twisted considerably to "resign", should have been suspended for coaching in the NRL for his actions.

hey im not saying what he did was a great thing.

im just laughing at all the english fans getting happy over this to mask the pain of their teams WC performance.


if your team had actually played well, i doubt people would give much of a stuff.

but then again, if my team had been s**t for 40 years, i might be that desperate for something to hang onto as well

No pain here. Australia got owned by Steve Ganson. More than makes me happy