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Ian Foster to be unveiled as new All Blacks coach on a two-year deal later today

Ian Foster. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

By NZ Herald

The new All Blacks head coach is set to be revealed today – with New Zealand Rugby expected to announce Steve Hansen’s successor this afternoon in Auckland.

The Herald understands Ian Foster has beaten out a strong challenge from Crusaders coach Scott Robertson and will be named the next All Blacks coach on an initial two-year deal.

Both Foster and Robertson are believed to have had their interviews in Wellington earlier this week.

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The appointment panel for the role included New Zealand Rugby (NZR) chairman Brent Impey, incoming NZR chief executive Mark Robinson, NZR head of High Performance Mike Anthony, former All Blacks coach Sir Graham Henry and former Silver Ferns coach and High Performance Sport New Zealand director, Waimarama Taumaunu.

Robertson has a perfect three-from-three Super Rugby record since taking over as Crusaders coach in 2017 while Foster has been with the All Blacks under Hansen since 2012.

More to come…

This article first appeared on nzherald.co.nz and was republished with permission.

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JW 11 hours ago
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Sorry my delivery on that joke was a bit bland. But to reply to the couple of good points you make, to me it just seemed like they had no plan with why Gatland was staying on. I mean the plan seemed to be “just get us a win against Italy and we can continue on as we are”, which is just terrible if that’s what Gatland was trying to achieve for Wales imo.


Did it just happen to be Italy that he saw his team weren’t able to achieve his vision of success? I mean Italy are a very good side so its by no means a lost cause to not look like world beaters. Sure his focus should have been on more transient factors like growth and style for a full rebuild, not trying to avoid the wooden spoon.


Which brings me to you main point, that would be exactly what the benefit of dropping down a tier would be. A chance to really implement something, get good at it, then take it up a level again once you’re ready. Even for Italy it must have been an incredibly brutal environment to have been trying to develop as a side.


Not saying of course that the other EU teams would be any better, but it might be better for everyone if say ‘years of tough losses’ are shared between countries, rather than see Wales go through this journey two, three, possible four years in a row. Of course the main reason they don’t want to miss just one 6N season is because it would probably tank the game in their country missing out on all that revenue. I have always said they should look at widening the revenue share, there are plenty of competitions that have systems to keep bottom teams competitive, and the 6N would only make more money if it was a tierd competition with prom/rel.

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