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MBARI creates and globally scales the visionary technologies required to explore and anyone aspiring to learn how science and technology brings us closer to the ocean Integrate MBARI data with lesson plans and workshops Dive into topics about ocean health and its fascinating features Explore deep-sea observations with this interactive guide Learn about the MLML/MBARI Research Library Access more educational resources from the teams at MBARI MBARI is a non-profit oceanographic research center advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean Learn about our strategic priorities for the years ahead Find job openings and postdoc and internship opportunities Follow MBARI on social media and stay updated Access the latest annual reports and financial information Explore MBARI’s rich history spanning over three decades Find the latest job openings and join the team An uneducated seamstress with boundless curiosity proving that females of both species were far more capable than they’d been given credit for Nineteenth-century inventor and explorer Jeanne Villepreux-Power charted her own course in natural history helping drive a significant shift in the field’s methodology: from observation of dead organisms to experimentation on live ones and used them to solve the ancient mystery of argonauts People had long debated whether these unusual octopuses make or steal the shells in which they brood their eggs but spent years corresponding with learned societies and repeating her experiments until her findings were accepted Her remarkable story offers a window into both the history and the future of marine biology PDF Version Zoom Webinar WORLD RUGBY HALL OF FAME – INDUCTEE NO.140 – PIERRE VILLEPREUX goal-kicking full-back who played for Toulouse and most memorably helping Les Bleus overwhelm England 35-13 at Colombes in 1970 free-thinking coach that Villepreux was revered throughout the rugby world He took as his coaching creed "flexibility and adaptability not organisation” and espoused the traditional open French style of play In 1985 he coached Toulouse to their first national championship in 38 years and added two more titles in his time with the club while working alongside Jean-Claude Skrela after a disappointing showing at Rugby World Cup 1995 Skrela replaced Pierre Berbizier as France head coach and eventually turned to his former team-mate ending Villepreux’s time overseas where his influence was felt in Italy Adopting Villepreux’s brand of ‘total rugby’ a revitalised France won back-to-back Five Nations titles in 1997 and 1998 and then reached the final of RWC 1999 having seen off New Zealand in one of the competition’s all-time classic semi-finals Villepreux was appointed as the FFR's technical director He later went on to work for the International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) as the regional development manager for Europe Rain, shine, snow or shine, indoor play grounds are always THE place to be with your kids. On a Wednesday afternoon, at weekends or during the school vacations, Ludimax de Villepreux located in the Yvelines (not far from Plaisir) What's on the agenda? Ludimax has plenty of surprises in store for your little ones, with a beautiful ball pool, slides, go-karting, trampolines and a laser game, all accessible to everyone (except the laser game). It's also possible to celebrateyour child's birthday at Ludimax with a choice of activities (treasure hunt laser game) and a package deal within the playground the comfort: the park offers a catering service for families hot and cold drinks to refuel you throughout your visit to the playground Admission is €8.50 per child aged 18 months to 4 years Children under 18 months enter free of charge (provided they accompany an older child) Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here Circular saw• Inventor: Tabitha Babbitt• Year / period: 1812" orientation=horizontal author="talevr / Getty Images" width=1366 height=767>2 Aquarium• Inventor: Jeanne Villepreux-Power• Year / period: 1832" orientation=horizontal author="PeopleImages / Getty Images" width=1366 height=767>3 Ice cream maker• Inventor: Nancy Johnson• Year / period: 1843" orientation=horizontal author="Turau / Getty Images" width=1366 height=767>4 Computer algorithm• Inventor: Ada Lovelace• Year / period: 1843" orientation=horizontal author="monsitj / Getty Images" width=1366 height=767>5 Submarine lamp and telescope• Inventor: Sarah Mather• Year / period: 1845 Locomotive chimney• Inventor: Mary Walton• Year / period: 1879 Life raft• Inventor: Maria Beasley• Year / period: 1882 Electric refrigerator• Inventor: Florence Parpart• Year / period: 1914 Electric hot water heater• Inventor: Ida Forbes• Year / period: 1917 Disposable diaper• Inventor: Marion Donovan• Year / period: 1950 Immunosuppressive drug• Inventor: Gertrude Belle Elion• Year / period: 1957 Word processor• Inventor: Evelyn Berezin• Year / period: 1971 Take the Spot The Scam Quiz and see if you can outsmart the scammers before they outsmart you National Youth Agenda About DoSomething 11 Inventions You Didn’t Know Women Had A Hand In MakingYou can thank women for GPS Even though the history of women inventors is just as long as men’s, the innovative work of women is often left out of the picture (especially when men take credit for it) So we’re putting the spotlight on these spectacular women -- you may not know their names (yet) but you definitely know their contributions Read on to hear more about the women who used science and math (STEM) to make our lives that much easier Home Security Systems - Marie Van Brittan Brown Although Stephanie Kwolek was a trained chemist, from a young age she had an interest in fashion design, fabrics, and sewing. She brought her two passions together in 1965 while researching fibers under extreme conditions. There she discovered the strength of certain molecular chains at low temperature which lead to the creation of bulletproof Kevlar material Telecommunications Devices - Shirley Ann Jackson Share a STEM resource guide with your peers to help them take control of their STEM futures Automatic Dishwashers - Josephine Cochrane and on behalf of everyone who has ever had to touch a wet piece of food on a dirty dish She got a patent for it in 1908 and revolutionized the way we drink our coffee Space Station Power System - Olga González-Sanabria Born in Puerto Rico, Olga González-Sanabria immigrated to the US and began working for NASA in 1979. She’s best known for inventing long-life nickel hydrogen batteries Because of their energy density and long lifespan these batteries are instrumental to the International Space Station power system Make a difference in your community and add your vision to the future of our democracy and come the 1950s some of them were black – and they were charting a path to the moon By Manjit Kumar Edward Pickering’s stellar calculators ASSESSING the part women have played in the development of science is not easy Historians must navigate by the documents available to them the best preserved information is financial So inattentive writers tend to underestimate the contributions of women who achieved recognition from their peers while they were financially dependent on their families like neurologist Cecilia Vogt or marine biologist Jeanne Villepreux-Power But if even intellectual celebrities get forgotten is it any wonder that we forget the women whose contributions are hard to assess for other reasons and some jobs that appear mundane to us were not so back then and often female; but these women weren’t drudges Two recent biographical histories explore the careers of the women who made modern astronomy and space science possible Theirs were not easy lives by today’s standards She went on to discover 10 new stars and classify more than 10,000 stars” Dava Sobel’s The Glass Universe starts in Harvard College Observatory where Edward Pickering was just 30 years old when he became director in 1877 He was fond of saying that “a magnifying glass will show more in the photograph than a powerful telescope will show in the sky” It was an outlook that left a legacy of half a million photographic plates and some seminal discoveries Sobel describes each of these slices as “a little piece of heaven” which together constituted a universe captured on glass but it was a remarkable and talented group of “computers” who analysed and decoded the information they contained wanted to establish a stellar brightness scale based on observations of stars whose brightness varies over time Catherine Wolfe Bruce and Anna Palmer Draper Draper in particular wanted a catalogue of stellar spectra as a tribute to her husband female relatives of male observatory workers were employed as computers but soon recruits included graduates from the fledgling women’s colleges One remarkable calculator came from far humbler origins however: Williamina Fleming was a maid hired by Pickering’s wife Fleming’s natural abilities were quickly recognised and to classify more than 10,000 stars using a system that she devised herself she was appointed Harvard’s curator of astronomical photographs Annie Jump Cannon became the first woman allowed to operate the telescopes at the observatory and she developed the system of stellar classification that is still used today: O Generations of students have learned to memorise the disorderly string of letters using the unfortunate phrase: “Oh Henrietta Swan Leavitt discovered a pattern in the brightness of a group of pulsing stars called the Cepheid variables This was an integral part of Edwin Hubble’s discovery that the Milky Way wasn’t the only galaxy Some members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences wanted to nominate Leavitt for the 1926 Nobel prize only to discover that she had died in 1921 A Nobel prize really should have gone to English-born Cecilia Payne in 1925 for her discovery that hydrogen was the most abundant constituent of stars It at least earned her the first PhD in astronomy that Harvard awarded to a woman and in 1956 she was the first female to get a full professorship at the university but helped calculate the path to the moon” computers no longer simply took the measure of the stars Margot Lee Shetterly’s father was a NASA scientist for 40 years and worked at the Langley Research Center in Virginia He told his daughter stories of the black female computers who did calculations for engineers while segregated from their white colleagues Young Shetterly “knew so many African Americans working in science math and engineering that I thought that’s just what black folks did” and a film adaptation is already on general release in the US Shetterly weaves together the personal and professional stories of a group of extraordinary women into an account of how they overcame race and gender barriers “Mississippiitis” looms large – a term coined by The Chicago Defender newspaper at the time to capture the “disease of segregation violence and oppression that plagued America like a chronic bout of consumption” and which was the reason the country had fallen behind the Soviets Shetterly celebrates the skills, achievements and tenacity of women like Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson as they helped launch rockets and humans into space Vaughan was at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics heading a department of black female computers the woman who helped put John Glenn into orbit and mapped the trajectory for Apollo 11’s moon landing There’s an easy moral here: that Neil Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind” will only loom larger in our imaginations once we appreciate all the people – men and women – who got him there The Glass Universe: The hidden history of the women who took the measure of the stars by Dava Sobel Hidden Figures: The American dream and the untold story of the African-American women who helped win the space race by Margot Lee Shetterly, HarperCollins This article appeared in print under the headline “The women who figured a way to space” Explore the latest news, articles and features Dunnes Stores have bolstered its selection of Bordeaux with a range of new wines, including the two below. Bordeaux may not seem very summery, but these would go very well with barbecued lamb or beef. Château Roc de Villepreux 2016, Bordeaux Supérieur (Organic) €10.50 Light smooth easy red fruits with a nice herbaceous edge. This would be great with grilled lamb chops. Les Hauts de Naudon, Bordeaux Supérieur 2016 €20 Rich stylish supple black fruits – cassis and blackcurrants with a long spicy finish. Try it with a roast leg of lamb, or sirloin of beef. Facebook pageTwitter feed© 2025 The Irish Times DAC Pierre Villepreux and Bryan Williams will be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2018 World Rugby has announced that five legends of the game in Liza Burgess (Wales) Pierre Villepreux (France) and Bryan Williams (New Zealand) will be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2018 The World Rugby Hall of Fame presented by Tudor recognises those who have made an outstanding contribution to the game of rugby throughout their careers while also demonstrating rugby's character-building values of integrity This year’s inductees will be honoured at a special ceremony in Rugby The ceremony will be held at the state-of-the-art physical home of the Hall of Fame which celebrates the inspirational journey of the game from its humble origins to its global present Williams and Burgess will attend the prestigious event which will celebrate their careers and contributions to the game due to his involvement in The Rugby Championship will receive his accolade at a special ceremony on 17 August in Sydney the day before Australia’s Bledisloe Cup opener with New Zealand These five inductees bring the total in the Hall of Fame to 142 since it began in 2006 World Rugby Chairman and Hall of Fame inductee Bill Beaumont said: “The World Rugby Hall of Fame importantly acknowledges and celebrates the true legends of the game celebrating those who have made outstanding contributions throughout their careers while embodying rugby’s values “On behalf of the rugby family we would like to congratulate this year’s five new inductees Byran Williams and Liza Burgess as they are recognised and honoured for their immense contributions to rugby “Each have left their mark on the sport and through their achievements and character inspired millions to play and support rugby worldwide and we look forward to honouring them in the coming weeks.” Fellow World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee and Chairman of the Hall of Fame panel John Eales said: “It is an honour to recognise the contribution of our newest inductees who have inspired generations of rugby players and supporters they represent the many thousands of men and women who have made our game great.” For more on the World Rugby Hall of Fame, visit www.worldrugby.org/halloffame Published 2 years ago Wilson2y ago • Bookmarks: 1 Join host Eva in this episode of People Who Should Have Been Famous the genius behind the gas mask and many other inventions America’s Best History. (nd). ABH Timeline. America’s Best History. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1950.html  Biography.com Editors. (2014). Garrett Morgan Biography. Biography.com. https://www.biography.com/inventors/garrett-morgan   Distance from Maryville University: ~15 minutes (approx. 10 miles) For Maryville University students looking to escape campus for a fresh environment and a strong cup of coffee, Kaldi’s Coffee in Chesterfield offers an ideal off-campus study location. Located ... More » Published 12m ago - Katelyn Ratliff Photo courtesy of Deposit Photos Did you know that Margot Robbie started off her career by acting in soap operas and TV shows? Long before her major performances in movies such as Suicide Squad and Barbie, the little Australian actress at the time was a nobody... More » Five legends of the game are being inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame at a special ceremony to celebrate their lives and careers in the game in Rugby Pierre Villepreux (France) and Bryan Williams (New Zealand) will be honoured at this year's ceremony Welcome to the second installment of People Who Should Have Been Famous This episode we will be discussing Dr Charles Richard Drew who is the reason we are able to have blood transfusions Black-White disparities in maternal in-hospital mortality according to teaching and Black-serving hospital status “Charles Richard Drew.” American Chemical Society https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/african-americans-in-sciences/charles-richard-drew.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws “Owens 1 US Historical Events from 1900 to Present – Baylor School.” Baylor School https://www.baylorschool.org/uploaded/Library_Resources_PDFs/US_History_US_Historical_Events_from_1900_to_Present.pdf “Plasma: What It Is & Why It Is Important.” Cleveland Clinic https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22865-plasma Published 3w ago - Jessica Earley Halftime interviews a Maryville Women's Lacrosse player about her sport and her personal life. She was supplied with a sweet treat from a local STL coffee spot before the interview and had a blast jamming out with Halftime. Women's Lacrosse taught us all about... More » Published 18h ago - Katelyn Ratliff Welcome back to another episode of Hot Mess Anonymous! For this episode we’re sharing stories on conflicts in friendships, so sit back, relax, and enjoy! Make sure to subscribe and to fill out our Google form with any fun stories you have to share and they wil... More » despite the "nose high" tackle from Pierre Villepreux At least 13 members of Hawke's Bay's famed 1990s Ranfurly Shield rugby squads were back in Napier for the funeral of integral teammate Gary Condon who arrived from Palmerston North as a policeman in 1965 Condon was a fringe player in 1966 and was a reserve the day the Magpies lifted the shield with a 6-0 victory over Waikato but he played in all but one of the 22 defences which ended with the loss of the shield to Canterbury in 1969 First playing in Hawke's Bay for Colenso Pirate before being lured across McLean Park to Marist one of the last two being against the 1971 British Lions He also played all three matches on a New Zealand Combined Services tour of the top of the South Island in 1966 and the next year he earned a New Zealand Under 23 trial In 1968 he scored tries in shield match wins over East Coast and Counties but he was seen as the maker of many others securing the ball from which so many were scored and three years ago he was in ducted as a Legend of Hawke's Bay Rugby an All Blacks centre from 1963 to 1970 who scored 10 tries for Hawke's Bay in shield matches and became Hawke's Bay union chairman and New Zealand union president yesterday said Condon had a particular skill chasing and retrieving the ball from kick-offs heading off outside the sideline to avoid running down anyone who got in his way with widow Rosemarie Condon and other family including young grandchildren also speaking at the gathering at Dunstall Chapel a few hundred metres from where the shield defences were played at McLean Park the usual time-slot of the matches half-a-century ago Retired police Detective Sergeant Rick Graham spoke of the 40 years Condon spent as a police officer before retiring in 2005 Furlong said it was a remarkable effort for Condon to play so many of the shield defences when the Magpies had significant stocks of loose forwards including famed All Black Kel Tremain It was well-earned for he was a "mad trainer" who would usually be first to the top of the legendary day-after squad runs over the hills of Taradale ordered by coach Colin Le Quesne Two unlikely heroes stepped up for the Hawks at the death Clarity amid the chaos. Attacking rugby is winning rugby This is the blueprint Sir Wayne Smith believes the All Blacks and New Zealand rugby must, regardless of results on their northern tour Smith has been inundated with feedback since outlining with the Herald last week his vision for New Zealand rugby – that centres on embracing the grassroots game harnessing coaching innovation and the All Blacks prioritising attacking intent to regain the mantle atop the world – and is now doubling down to further explain his methodology In this regard, Smith maintains the NPC, with its captivating brand of fast-paced movement, is leading the way for how the game should be played, and that the All Blacks are treading the same path “Rather than follow the global trend of over-structure and intricate detail needed to choreograph three phases of attack before even thinking about scoring we need to establish our own blueprint for attacking rugby,” Smith says “I believe it’s the way to win now and the way for the game to go in the future I can’t see why the All Blacks won’t continue with it and why it would be more likely to lead to defeat than victory “I’d always much rather see a game based on movement everyone coming forward to be threats than any other and it’s winning rugby all around the world.” Smith believes Scott Robertson’s All Blacks are attempting to revive the style that propelled them to 88 wins from 103 tests between 2003 and 2011 and the unrivalled success through to 2016 “There’s no reason why we can’t return to that sort of rugby and that’s what the All Blacks are trying to do “If we play like that and we’re successful then the world will follow us rather than the other way around.” is keen to elaborate on his chaos theory he says can rule the rugby world While he recognises rugby can and will be played in many ways Smith wants to banish the notion that attacking ambition does not win matches of major significance arguably the world’s best domestic team with French superstar Antoine Dupont as their fulcrum to English Premiership champions Northampton Smith points to these teams as examples of how an attacking mentality can prosper “Toulouse constantly win the Top 14 and were European champions last year,” Smith says created the famous Toulousain attacking movement back in the 1970s and 1980s.” Villepreux’s rugby philosophy is based on getting everyone on the same page rather than working to a prescribed programme of set moves Championing ‘the beautiful game played with joy’ with accuracy at the set piece but not scrumming for penalties and few driving mauls Villepreux wanted clean execution for attack to flourish “It’s a shame we have to talk about law changes to revitalise our game,” Smith says referring to recent rule tweaks designed to boost speed increase ball in play and his suggestion last week that World Rugby will eventually mandate fewer substitutions to create more fatigue It’s all about love of the game and ‘joie de vivre’ by players and coaches It’s clearly contagious because the British and French fans are flocking to watch it.” Smith’s chaos theory embraces a similar style the former SAS soldier and Victoria Cross recipient for bravery who spent time with Robertson’s All Blacks in Sydney this year as one of three mentors to shape his coaching career Apiata told Smith how the SAS soldiers would use stun grenades to spark piercing noise and fill rooms with smoke during hostage retrievals the SAS are comfortable and calm to execute their task while others panic “The step up for the All Blacks is getting real clarity when they’ve shaped the defence.” Smith points to the All Blacks exposing the Springboks in the wide channels in their first test in South Africa at Ellis Park before the defence adjusted The All Blacks then didn’t identify that the space shifted elsewhere The same applied to their kicking strategy “They’ve still got a bit of learning to do about where the space is once they’ve been successful in certain areas Smith’s other coaching influences include Ken Quarrie NZ Rugby’s senior scientist with a PhD in statistics and Michael Lauren “The common theme with these three men is their interest in chaos The key is to have clarity amongst the chaos through their specialist expertise in data use and tactics to ensure our teams know how to navigate through the mayhem that we try to create “A case in point of how this can be effective was the second quarter of the All Blacks’ game against Japan The All Blacks attacked through precise passes and offloads and seemed to be learning where the space was next Attackers pressing forward across the field limit their ability to step in and gang tackle allows teams to attack a retreating defensive line “Effective attacking rugby is based on shaping the enemy defence so that you can attack areas that are poorly defended I saw glimpses of this from the All Blacks and it’s exciting to think where they can go with it.” the former All Blacks turned Wallabies forwards guru he says is the best assistant coach he’s worked with to illustrate his final point about why scrumming for penalties stifles attack by creating untidy ball and disrupting backs’ timing and accuracy when Smith joined the All Blacks’ coaching team alongside Sir Graham Henry and Sir Steve Hansen Cron forced the forwards to do 10m combat crawls for each collapsed scrum the forwards were performing up to 150m of army crawls “We soon learned to stay up and attack fast off steady scrum platforms I asked him if he could produce one second scrum ball for our attack He rose to the challenge and our women thrived by attacking with quick ball off steady platforms.” Throughout his career Cron visited Cirque du Soleil and extreme jiu jitsu sessions to learn about balance It’s about a growth mindset and it helped shape a coach who pays back and sets an example for the sort of thinking that Liam Napier has been a sports journalist since 2010 and his work has taken him to World Cups in rugby boxing world title fights and Commonwealth Games OPINION: The plan challenges the belief that coaches need years to make an impact OFTEN WHEN YOU speak to people who have come up to the Northern Hemisphere from New Zealand to play rugby they will tell you how physically taxing they find it I remember talking about this to a player named Simon Devane a Kiwi lock who played with London Scottish a number of years ago having come up from Canterbury in New Zealand noticed that his body was taking longer to recover after games There could be lots of factors to explain this but he felt strongly about the tendency for players to take more contact when he played in England something he wasn’t as versed in playing in New Zealand but this was the message I experienced during the season I spent playing club rugby in Auckland in 2009 It makes sense when attacking to try to find space You never want to get to the point where you look to mimic everything the Kiwis do in rugby but there is value to be taken from this experience both in terms of injury prevention and rugby effectiveness This all comes to mind when considering the state of Italian rugby as they get set to take on Joe Schmidt’s Ireland in Dublin tomorrow With three losses from three games so far in this championship some might be questioning the Italians’ place at the Six Nations table I feel there are reasons to be positive about their future and one of those is what I know of how their union is working to create better players ‘General movement’ is a concept that was first introduced to us in the Ireland Women’s squad back in 2007 presented to us and mentored our coaches – the likes of Shane Moore Keith Murphy and Greg McWilliams - in putting this premise into place It’s a French concept borne from recognising the limitations of overly-structured and patterned rugby The aim is to teach and promote a heightened ability to navigate games in open play [positioning and repositioning of players with and without the ball] and having the ability to adapt to attacking and defensive opportunities comfortably over time we learned how to navigate play effectively and make good decisions based on how play would unfold The incredibly influential Pierre Villepreux is the man behind the formation of this concept movement is the ideal way of breaking down a defence General movement is not about pre-empting what is going to happen but reading play as it happens and making your decisions based on that what are the options and where should you be lining yourself up next on this basis?’ It’s having an understanding about what you’re trying to do when you play rugby instead of just looking for contact because there’s a defensive line to run into General movement is the antithesis of just setting up rucks and phases which I think some teams probably don’t realise they do quite a lot of ‘we’ll have a scrum and we’ll hit it up.’ What is hitting it up Our aim with hitting it up is to carry into contact whereas our aim should be to try and breach the line every time or at least win the contact We go back to our story of the Kiwi second row coming up to the Northern Hemisphere: spaces not faces In order to facilitate the decision-making required for general movement to be effective there does need to be an element of structure The ‘life of the ball’ is the name given to the group of players closest to the ball carrier whose responsibility it is to provide continuity of possession in attack The ‘early’ group are those players who are in position laterally in the same direction as the initial attack They can be in position quickly on the next wave of attack identifying and communicating where the space is The ‘axis’ group signifies the players who are near the breakdown as the ball is emerging again and their responsibility is to provide close attacking options say taking a short pass off the shoulder of one of the ‘early’ group the ‘late’ group refers to those who provide the options for the attack to reverse or bounce back against the grain and again they have a responsibility to identify attacking opportunities but only to facilitate the freedom to make good decisions General movement is an idea that the Italians have put into place very well in their underage structures is another who strongly believes in this concept When we were trying to grasp the idea with the Ireland Women’s squad we would have viewed lots of footage of the Italy U20s side in order to see general movement done very well who is injured for tomorrow’s Ireland clash but who has been playing very well in this campaign is one example of a better end product coming from this philosophy but appears to be thinking his way around the pitch Italy are trying to play the game that way more and more I think they’ve got potential and there is a purpose in what they are trying to achieve on the pitch I know how effective this learning process can be because the introduction of general movement to the Ireland Women’s squad completely changed the creativity and intelligence of our play and We could outsmart teams that were used to defending predictable patterns predominantly used in the womens game in that era which we attribute a huge proportion of our success in winning the Grand Slam to in 2013 It’s been speculated that Conor O’Shea may be heading to Italy as their next head coach this summer and I think he could be a missing part of the jigsaw for them O’Shea’s professional standards and technical and tactical direction will be a huge asset to Italy at Test level Schmidt came in and potentially highlighted some of the emotive fuel that Ireland sometimes relied on too much Ireland’s passion for their country is an untouchable source of motivation that is an exceptional tool to drive you When you’re dipping into that manic motivation too often Combining some elements of that mentality with O’Shea’s professionalism and the good work the Italian union has done to push their players to play more intelligently and we may see the progress that has been lacking from the Italians in recent years I think Italy are likely to come up short in Dublin Jacques Brunel’s team can be frantic and disorganised defensively That presents opportunities for Ireland of course you choose certain plays to try and lure the opposition into doing something that in turn allows you to exploit them somewhere else But if the defence doesn’t even follow that one initial play as expected or hoped the opportunity on phase two doesn’t materialise I sense that Ireland will seek out good territory on the pitch early on and play bog-standard positional rugby to start I think it’s wise not allow it turn into too much of a flair game in the first quarter so Ireland can settle themselves and new combinations and take control Put out the early fires from Italy and then Ireland can try to put into place some of the plays they’ve not been able to so far in this championship Given the disorganised nature of Italy’s defence when the phases begin to rack up Ireland’s own general movement will also be important communicating the opportunities and then exploiting them intelligently – that’s what we all hope to see from Schmidt’s men tomorrow The Ireland Women’s team take on the Italians this weekend too of course The Italian team are very feisty and unpredictable though their lack of strength and physicality is a potential weakness Ireland have named a very new team to take on the Italians on Sunday It’s another important step for them to blood new players and get back up to the standard of rugby they can play in the build up to hosting the 2017 Women’s World Cup Create an email alert based on the current article World Rugby announced five new inductees on Friday, with Larkham the 17th Australian to be included in the illustrious list. The flyhalf was joined by Ronan O'Gara, France's Pierre Villepreux, Kiwi Bryan Williams and Welsh woman Liza Burgess as the latest crop of inductees. Larkham retired from international rugby in 2007, after 102 Wallabies Tests and three World Cup appearances. The 44-year-old has gone on to find coaching success, first with the Brumbies and then stepping into an attack role at the Wallabies. Widely regarded as Australia's most creative flyhalf ever, Larkham is now charged with helping shape Australia's playmakers. Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle passed on her congratulations to Larkham. "On behalf of the Australian Rugby community I would like to extend our congratulations to Stephen on this fantastic achievement," she said. “Stephen was already established as one of the modern-day greats of our game and his influence in Australian Rugby continues as he coaches and mentors the current Qantas Wallabies squad as an assistant coach. “His playing legacy is one of creative brilliance, and an unwavering pride in the gold Wallabies jersey. “Stephen is passionate about developing the next generation of Wallaby playmakers and for him to be recognised globally for his contributions is an achievement every Rugby fan can celebrate.” World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont paid tribute to all five inductees on Friday. “Each have left their mark on the sport and through their achievements and character, inspired millions to play and support rugby worldwide, and we look forward to honouring them in the coming weeks," he said. Larkham's long-time teammate and Hall of Fame chairman John Eales said the group had all had major influences on rugby. “It is an honour to recognise the contribution of our newest inductees who, over different eras, have inspired generations of rugby players and supporters," he said. "Through their induction, they represent the many thousands of men and women who have made our game great.” So three more Premiership directors of rugby have lost their jobs or been moved sideways – very much the trend in England these days. How did they sense this opportunity for a decisive upping of the pace? There might have been any number of factors: a drying pitch, signs of fatigue among the opposition, the identification of a weak point in Leinster's defensive set-up that was ripe for exploitation. The point is that it was recognised en masse, and it is this that marks the crucial difference between a team that is simply well-drilled and one that is also well-taught and well-coached. What I love about Toulouse is their ability to go down any route on rugby's A-Z street map, taking the direct approach when available but sometimes cruising the outskirts or taking tiny little side roads as a means of reaching their destination. They are a courageous side physically: believe me, they are well capable of smashing their opponents. But the thing that most distinguishes them is the courage of their philosophy. They ask a huge amount of their players, but give a huge amount in return. When I compare them with some of the clubs nearer home, it does not take me long to work out who has it right. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies TOULOUSE’S CELEBRATIONS AT the final whistle last weekend in Montpellier made it seem as if they’d won a trophy Toulouse fans who had travelled south bounced in the sun-soaked stands meant Toulouse kept top spot in the league table but the scenes of ecstasy were more about the make-up of the team With the big guns like Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack resting ahead of the Champions Cup final this Saturday head coach Ugo Mola sent out a very unfamiliar side in Montpellier 16 of the matchday 23 either came through Stade Toulousain’s espoirs set-up [similar to the academy in Ireland] or are still part of it Players like Théo Ntamack and Benjamin Bertrand have played for Toulouse since the age of five or six Back row Joshua Brennan has been around the club from when he was a baby 19-year-old out-half Kalvin Gourges was sprung from the bench early on after 20-year-old playmaker Valentin Delpy was forced off scored two tries before 19-year-old Lomig Jouanny replaced him There were a few experienced players involved – including Fijian wing Setareki Bituniyata and veteran Samoan lock Piula Fa’asalele – but this was a proud day for Toulouse’s production line They take the homegrown side of things seriously at Stade Toulousain similarly to this weekend’s Champions Cup final opponents Leinster “I remember Romain Ntamack being around his dad at the club,” says former Leinster back row Aidan McCullen who spent the 2005/06 season with Toulouse I remember Josh Brennan when he was only a couple of years old being around Trev Josh hadn’t even started playing rugby yet but he was in the club.” the Toulouse matchday squad will include homegrown players like Cyril Baille Not all of them were born in the city of Toulouse itself some joining after playing youths rugby elsewhere but these players are the embodiment of the Toulouse Way the exciting style of rugby that the club identifies as central to its identity Stade Toulousain were successful from the start they won their first French championship as soon as 1912 and have claimed a record total of 22 titles with Stade Français next best on 14 titles Toulouse also lead the way in the European Cup with five trophies Les rouge et noir dominated French rugby in the 1920s but had a long trophyless spell from the 1940s until the 1980s when the legendary Pierre Villepreux came in as coach and reinvented their game His ‘total rugby’ was all about encouraging players to think for themselves and use their passing and offloading skills to exploit it This was the rebirth of the Toulouse Way and Villepreux’s values remain a core part of the club today even if modern professional rugby requires pragmatism It would be naive not to note how Ugo Mola’s side can be direct and how they use their kicking game Gone are the days when young Toulouse players were explicitly banned from kicking les Toulousains have averaged more tries per game than anyone with 6.6 more linebreaks than anyone with 8.7 per game and more offloads per game than anyone with 14.4 This DNA is infused in the homegrown players They’re coached from an early age in jeu de mains This isn’t only about mindset but also the technical details of how players deal with contact “It’s very much a culture of playing,” says McCullen there would always be someone there to take the offload That’s bred into them from a very young age “Their system is like a nursery for their future teams. I see such similarities with my work now in innovation,” continues McCullen, who released the book ‘Undisruptable‘ in 2021 and hosts The Innovation Show “They were investing in all these budding opportunities knowing that they weren’t all going to make it but the ones who did would be very special.” there is a hard edge to the best Toulouse teams In order for the piano players to flourish there has always been a need for piano shifters The club values players like Brennan who lead the charge physically as others create the magic and the mindset in the team has always been ruthless Toulouse are not just about playing for the fun of it “Guy Novès didn’t say much to players but I remember one of my first home games when he told me we absolutely crush people,’” says McCullen “He meant that if we were to play someone at home He wanted other teams to see what we did to this team and that it would be left in the psyche of teams we’d play in the future.” That so many people at all levels of the club are Toulousains themselves helps maintain traditions Current club president Didier Lacroix played for them in the 80s and 90s before becoming an espoirs coach and being nurtured to take over the presidency in 2017 Lacroix is the latest in a long line of ex-Toulouse players to become the club’s president and the same is true of the head coach role Current boss Mola played for Toulouse in the 90s and after a decade coaching elsewhere partly because the end of the Guy Novès era had been poor There were dark days when they missed out on Champions Cup qualification but a recommitment to Toulouse’s DNA saw them back winning the Top 14 by 2019 and earning their most recent European crown in 2021 Mola’s predecessors were ex-Toulouse players too with the long-serving and hugely successful Novès and the great Villepreux having all worn the black and red Mola’s current coaching team is completely made up of former Toulouse players in forwards coach Jean Bouilhou Kaino is a good example of how Toulouse welcome outsiders to improve what they develop themselves remaining a legend in the club and a local in the area today with his eldest son Daniel having played for Toulouse before moving on while Joshua and Bobby are still on the books McCullen only had one injury-disrupted season in Toulouse but he was greatly impacted by his time there “I was disappointed not to have done better and recently I was invited to a match by the club and I said to the guy who had recruited me that I had this niggle about things not landing for me the way they did for Trev you’re part of something amazing and you will always be part of that.’ That made me feel so much better They have the financial power to go for big names at times – the likes of Kaino and Nepo Laulala – but often their additions are French players or lower-key foreigners Take influential centre Pita Ahki in the current team He was with Connacht in 2017/18 but wasn’t a star and though he hoped to remain in Ireland Toulouse pounced and Ahki is now one of their most important players Mammoth lock Emmanuel Meafou was bouncing around in Australia and considering pursuing an NFL contract until his agent sent clips to French clubs and Toulouse snapped him up A young scrum-half called Antoine Dupont was a shrewd addition from Castres in 2017 it would be naive to think that Toulouse’s impressive squad doesn’t cost a lot of money to retain The club’s overall operating budget of more than €40 million has long been the biggest in France where the salary cap for player salaries is €10 million But it’s also important to highlight that the club isn’t owned by one billionaire 48% is held by the Association Stade Toulousain Rugby and 15% by a range of smaller shareholders “The likes of Toulon did well from having a wealthy owner but the problem with that is you can have ‘ego buys’ that trump ‘culture buys’ in terms of recruitment,” says McCullen “If any business has a billionaire behind it and they suddenly pull out the money Toulouse reportedly had financial challenges during the mid-2010s but the club’s sheer popularity means they recovered well They have strong attendances at the 19,000-capacity Ernest Wallon a 33,000-capacity venue where the football team play and make millions from merchandise every year They also plan to expand Ernest Wallon in the near future Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer Airbus have been a longtime sponsor and Toulouse’s jerseys currently carry Peugeot on the front So they’ve worked hard to ensure financial stability and sustainability It’s also helpful that Toulouse is pure rugby country “It makes you realise that it’s bigger than the match,” says McCullen You realise that this next match is everything for people that it’s what they’ve been looking forward to all week Anyone who has been to Ernest Wallon or Le Stadium can vouch for the passion is a beautiful place with incredible food and wine It’s not hard to see why players are attracted to the club and often stay for so long And all of this is why both homegrown and imported players feel so passionately about Stade Toulousain It’s why so many ex-players yearn to remain involved after retiring or want to get back to Toulouse somewhere down the line “There’s this thing that a military strategist called Carl von Clausewitz spoke about called ‘moral force.’” says McCullen “He said that if you can extract a moral force from an army Moral force is fighting for something bigger than what’s happening on the pitch It’s what Andy Farrell was trying to do with Ireland in the World Cup it’s what South Africa did – ‘this is not about you.’ “Toulouse are about something bigger than just the rugby match Access to the comments facility has been disabled for this user