Campese (pictured) has long been critical of the rigidity and lack of creative backline play in modern rugby union.

Now the instinctive creative genius can bring some of his legendary flair back to the game.

Campese has been appointed the Parramatta Two Blues backline coach for 2010, and will do it for love.

So will Mark Hartill.

The former Wallaby prop will team with Campese as the Two Blues' new first-grade coach.

The glamour coaching team will be the faces out front as Parramatta hopes to bring a new era or rather, revive past successful eras by moving to Castle Hill.

The coaching team won't be expected to reproduce on the field the miracles Campese performed on the field no-one could; Campese was inimitable.

Nor will Hartill-Campese be expected to take Parramatta from threatened extinction to a premiership.

The Parramatta district in recent seasons has just been a quarry for wealthier, more successful clubs.

There is optimism the new team can lay a platform for survival.

Campese's name should be a PR magnet and a possible attraction for sponsors.

More than that, his arrival should not only encourage players to stay at the club but entice newcomers.

Campese won't have a Wallaby backline with which to put his ideas into action.

But if nothing else, his ideas should translate into attractive, adventurous rugby.

If the former hardhead Hartill can train a pack that will be a reminder of Peter Kay and Ray Price and can supply a decent share of the ball, then Campese might produce a backline that can be a reminder of Tony Melrose, Martin Knight, Mick Martin and Andrew Leeds.

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