Reds’ forwards coach Fisher out to reel in top Aussie job

MUNSTER forwards coach Laurie Fisher has hinted that he’d like to become the next Wallabies coach after 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Fisher quit Super Rugby in the summer to take up the vacant forwards role at Munster, and working under fellow Australian Tony McGahan, the formidable Aussie duo have overseen an unbeaten run so far this season with the Reds.

Fisher, who coached at the ACT Brumbies for eight years, was overlooked for the Australian job when John ‘Knuckles’ Connolly vacated the role after a humbling 2007 RWC experience. The ARU opted to look outside Australia for their next head coach, and plumped for Super Rugby’s most successful coach, New Zealander Robbie Deans.