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GOLD COAST - Talk of divisions within the Wallabies coaching ranks is a "storm in a tea-cup", according to Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill.
Wallabies mentor John Connolly will end his two-year tenure following the upcoming World Cup but reports have claimed tensions among his three assistant coaches had the potential to undermine Australia's bid for the Webb Ellis Cup.
However O'Neill, who met with Wallabies team management on Thursday, said there was no disharmony.
"It is a storm in a tea-cup," O'Neill said today at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast.
"My enquiries tell me that there were divisions last year. In fact, there has been a lot of harmony and co-operation since then (this year).
"There's no division. I went and spoke to the Wallabies and all the team management yesterday morning and they are a happy bunch.
"You always get a bit of friction and creative tension between coaches and you don't engage or employ them to be best mates.
"You employ them to the best job for the team and they are doing that.
"It's over. We're just getting on with preparations for France."
O'Neill dismissed speculation that successful Canterbury Crusaders coach Robbie Deans was a shoo-in to replace Connolly next year.
"It's absolutely wrong to think that Robbie Deans has got the job. He hasn't," he said.
- AAP
