Watch every second of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n“Glen has been a part of the Drua journey since Day One and we thank him for his enormous contribution to for the past five years – three as Assistant Coach and two as Head Coach,” CEO Jeff Miller said. <\/p>\n
“He helped lay the foundations of this new Club and the team for which we are all truly grateful. <\/p>\n
“There will be time for more acknowledgement and sharing fond memories, but for now, Glen and the entire Club are firmly focused on the remainder of the season.”<\/p>\n
Jackson replaced Mick Byrne in 2025 after Byrne moved into the national team set-up as head coach.<\/p>\n
The club will commence their recruitment process in the coming days, with Jackson thankful for the opportunity.<\/p>\n
“I would like to say a massive thank you to the Drua players, staff, and sponsors for an incredible five years of my life,” Jackson said. <\/p>\n
“It has been an amazing journey helping this great club continue to grow and strive to be one of the most supportive clubs in Super Rugby Pacific.<\/p>\n
“The fans are truly the best in the world, and I will miss their incredible voice and unwavering support. <\/p>\n
“I have enormous belief in this playing group, the staff, and the direction the club is heading. With six games remaining, I will do everything I can, alongside three outstanding assistant coaches, to give this team the best possible chance of reaching the playoffs.”<\/p>\n
The Fijian Drua currently sit ninth on the ladder, eight points outside of the top six.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fijian Drua have announced that coach Glen Jackson will depart the club at the end of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,217781,760,85,48013],"class_list":{"0":"post-605232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fijian-drua","11":"tag-rugby","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-super-rugby-pacific"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}