New Souths coach Todd Louden looking to rebuild club from the ground up
Former NSW Waratahs and Melbourne Rebels assistant coach Todd Louden is looking to rebuild the rugby program at Shute Shield club Southern Districts from the ground up.
After featuring in the 2012 and 2014 grand finals, Souths hosted first grade semi finals in 2016 and 2017 but are still yet to breakthrough and claim a maiden Shute Shield premiership.
The Rebels missed the playoffs in 2018 and 2019 and are now putting their faith in Louden and a core group of young, talented local juniors in Sydney’s south.
“It’s a very good club with a good strong board and a really engaged playing group so it’s been an enjoyable start,” Louden told Rugby News.
“We’ve started by creating an All Club Development program. There hasn’t really been an all club focus in the past so we’ve tried to build a program to improve player depth right through grade and colts. It’s a bit of a long term approach but it’s something we think will do a lot of good in the years ah