Stiles calls on Force to make sacrifices
New Western Force forwards coach Nick Stiles does not have the overused 'rebuilding' in his rugby vocabulary.
But 'sacrifice' features pretty highly.
"I don't like the term 'rebuilding'. It is too often used as an excuse for losing," the former Wallabies and Queensland Reds prop said.
"We want to succeed and to do that everyone has to make sacrifices.
"Obviously we've got a lot of new players and new coaching staff and I want drive and go forward and that will mean sacrifice.
"Players have got to put in. We will expect the best from them."
Stiles, who has been forwards coach with Japanese club Kubota Spears since 2007, will join defence coach Phil Blake, currently with the Wallabies, in head coach Richard Graham's team.
The Queensland connection between Stiles and former Reds fullback Graham goes back a long way. The pair have known each other since high school and played for the Reds together early in their careers.
Graham spoke with former Wallaby coach Eddie Jones who is in charge of Suntory before making his decision.
"Eddie spoke very highly of Nick," Graham said.
"I searched long and hard and I know I have come up with the right man to take us forward.
"Nick is a very good and very strong communicator.
"I want one voice to coach scrum and lineout, a voice the players can go to for direction.
"It is important to have one person to give the forward pack an identity, to galvanise the group, make them abrasive, do things together."
Stiles won 12 Test Caps and played for the Reds 96 times, including an unbroken run of 90 consecutive appearances, between 1998 and 2004.
He made his Australian debut in 2001 when the Wallabies recorded a historic series triumph over the British and Irish Lions.
He moved to Japan after a coaching spell at Queensland University.
