00:00Wales Director of Rugby, Dave Reddin, has made clear that new Wales head coach Steve Tandy is an excellent coach and that he will be perfect for the role that he has been interested with.
00:12Well, yeah, really exciting. First and foremost, he's an excellent coach. So, you know, he's outstanding at interview and all throughout the process in the way that he conveyed his vision for the way he wants to play the game.
00:23He had a real conviction and clear philosophy about how he wanted to interact and develop the players.
00:30And I think as a character, Steve brings enormous EQ, emotional intelligence to it.
00:36He's a collaborator. He's someone who embodies learning and development himself.
00:40And I think those are the sort of qualities that are really going to try and get the best out of our group of players.
00:45I mean, he's the first prominent Welsh head coach since 2007. How important is it that he's Welsh? Do that make a difference?
00:53I think it will make a difference in terms of how he's perceived, but it could be positive and negative.
00:59I'm conscious of the fact that as a proud Welshman, he's going to feel the responsibility with that.
01:03But that wasn't a part of the decision-making process. It's a bonus that he's Welsh.
01:08I hope everyone will be kind to him because he's Welsh. But ultimately, I know he's going to feel the responsibility that goes with that.
01:14And British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell has revealed that the Lions have undertaken a new schedule ahead of the second test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
01:24Yeah, as I've said, during the week, it's a different week again for us, which is good.
01:31At this stage of a tour, it's good to just change things up a little bit.
01:35And, you know, what we try to do is keep the whole squad together the whole way through.
01:39And we've managed our week a little bit differently.
01:41So we train on a Thursday where we're normally used to training on a Wednesday.
01:47And we've adapted pretty well to that.
01:49And everyone's been out there today and ready for an abbreviated captain's run tomorrow.
01:55Ready for what is going to be a huge occasion on Saturday.
01:58Well, everything that everyone said is the truth.
02:02And it's what we expect coming our way.
02:04But it's what we expect of ourselves more importantly.
02:07We thoroughly believe that we're way better than what we showed.
