Assistance is on the way in which for under-fire South Sydney coach Jason Demetriou, with the membership including the skilled David Furner as his assistant.
The previous Canberra head coach and long-time assistant returns to Redfern, the place he labored in 2017 and 2018 underneath Michael Maguire and Anthony Seibold.
The Rabbitohs misplaced skilled assistants Sam Burgess and John Morris late final yr, with the stacked aspect going by a tumultuous interval during which they’ve gained simply 5 of their previous 19 video games.
Demetriou stated Furner would take care of the staff’s defence, which is at the moment ranked the worst within the competitors conceding practically 33 factors per sport.
“I am actually blissful to have David becoming a member of our crew. He’ll add loads to our teaching employees and, most significantly, our gamers,” Demetriou stated.
“We’re searching for methods to enhance our performances and we expect that having an skilled coach like him coming in to focus on the staff’s defence will probably be a constructive.
“We have labored collectively beforehand and had nice success on the Cowboys, and he is aware of what our membership is all about having labored right here earlier than.”
The stress seemed to be attending to Demetriou final week when he walked out of his pre-game press convention after simply 27 seconds.
However his aspect did placed on an improved efficiency of their 34-22 loss to Cronulla, pushing the Sharks to their limits regardless of a sequence of key accidents.
Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga was linked with taking the position on an interim foundation ought to Souths sack Demetriou, though each he and the membership have denied there was an official strategy.
