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<\/a> <\/p>\nIncoming Wallabies head coach Less Kiss has brought in former All Blacks<\/a> assistant Scott McLeod from the Kubota Spears<\/a> with his first coaching group.<\/p>\n McLeod, a former All Black himself, was an understated member of the All Blacks under former coaches Steve Hansen and Ian Foster from 2017 to 2023, widely regarded as the defence coach.<\/p>\n During the Hansen years and under McLeod, the All Blacks were a strong counter-attacking side using defence to fuel their attack from forced turnovers and errors.<\/p>\n Kiss hinted that they want to turn the Wallabies defence \u201cinto a weapon\u201d to attack from indicating McLeod will shape the Wallabies in the same way.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the last for the last six months, I\u2019ve talked to Scotty about defence and where he wants to take that, and obviously there\u2019s going to be some focus on that area,\u201d Kiss told media at Allianz Stadium in Sydney.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s [McLeod] a new voice. In the last week, we\u2019ve just dug down deeper into what that\u2019s going to look like, smell like, feel like.<\/p>\n \u201cSo those things will be presented to the players very early in the piece.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, one thing\u2019s for certain that we want to make sure that it becomes a weapon for us that we can attack with it. How that looks, we\u2019ll find out.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Video](\"https:\/\/postview.rugbypass.com\/images\/video-player\/spacer-new.png\")
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