{"id":187649,"date":"2025-10-09T08:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/187649\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T08:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:50:19","slug":"scrum-guru-mike-cron-handed-new-role-on-the-back-of-incredible-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/187649\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrum guru Mike Cron handed new role on the back of incredible record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mike Cron\u2019s role as scrum coach of the Wallabies officially ended at the conclusion of The Rugby Championship, but the Kiwi will remain on the Rugby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/australia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> payroll in a mentoring role.<\/p>\n<p>Cron spent 15 years building generation after generation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a> packs before coming out of retirement to assist the Black Ferns and then the Wallabies.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old has been at Joe Schmidt\u2019s side as his assistant ever since he succeeded Eddie Jones and has worked wonders with the Wallaby scrum.<\/p>\n<p>In 10 Tests this year, Australia have only lost one of the 68 scrums they\u2019ve had on their feed, and that was in the opening game of the year, a 21-18 win against Fiji. Through the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/lions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lions<\/a> series and then The Rugby Championship, Australia boasted a 100% success rate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Wallabies-scrum-e1759917574585.jpg.webp\"  class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Wallabies scrum\" width=\"766\" height=\"429\"\/>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 SEPTEMBER 13: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/tate-mcdermott\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tate McDermott<\/a> of Australia prepares to feed the scrum during The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/the-rugby-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby Championship<\/a> match between Australia Wallabies and Argentina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/pumas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pumas<\/a> at Allianz Stadium on September 13, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Steve Christo \u2013 Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Cron had always made it his intention that this year would be his last in his present role, with former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/brumbies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brumbies<\/a> hooker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/john-ulugia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Ulugia<\/a>, currently an assistant coach with the capital outfit, handed the unenviable job of replacing him.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Kiwi will work across the broader Australian system, mentoring up-and-coming coaches, while also working with the next generation of Australian forwards \u2013 particularly those in the tight five.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirstly, on behalf of Rugby Australia, I\u2019d like to thank Mike for what\u2019s been a major contribution to the Wallabies since his appointment in 2024,\u201d RA Director of High Performance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/peter-horne\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Horne<\/a> said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a great person who is highly respected by all those involved with the game. We\u2019ve been fortunate to have his services for the past two years and we\u2019re pleased he has agreed to continue to support Australian Rugby moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Cron\u2019s role as scrum coach of the Wallabies officially ended at the conclusion of The Rugby Championship,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-187649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}