Marius Goosen, who has served as Italy’s assistant coach for eight years, will reportedly depart the group on a excessive observe to take up a training job in Japan.
In accordance with Sunday newspaper Rapport, Italy’s victory over Wales within the ultimate spherical of the Six Nations on Saturday will probably be Goosen’s final because the group’s defence coach.
The win in Cardiff, Italy’s second of the marketing campaign, noticed the Azzurri keep away from the Six Nations picket spoon for the primary time since 2015. It got here every week after Italy ended an 11-year look ahead to a house win within the match by beating Scotland 31-29 in Rome.
Goosen, a former flyhalf who performed for Viadana, Rugby Roma and Benetton in Italy, retired in 2010 and went into teaching underneath Franco Smith at Benetton.
“From an emotional viewpoint, the Scotland sport was particular for me as a result of it was my final house sport,” Goosen advised Rapport.
“We’ve come so near successful in opposition to Scotland for the final eight years, however we simply couldn’t win. In the long run we managed it in my final sport at house.
“We (Italy) have come a great distance with this group. It’s a younger bunch of men. They work actually exhausting and the outcomes are an excellent reward for what they’ve put in over the previous three years.”
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