{"id":416128,"date":"2026-01-16T04:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416128\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T04:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:45:16","slug":"ex-all-blacks-weigh-in-on-new-zealand-rugbys-big-jamie-joseph-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416128\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-All Blacks weigh in on New Zealand Rugby’s big Jamie Joseph question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jamie Joseph\u2019s name is seemingly on the tip of every rugby fan\u2019s tongue after the role of All Blacks<\/a> head coach suddenly became available on Thursday afternoon, but who could accompany him in a new-look All Blacks coaching group has become the next great discussion point.<\/p>\n

Tony Brown, Joseph\u2019s long-time running mate in Japan\u2019s national setup, is currently running the firing-on-all-cylinders Springboks attack, having signed a four-year deal with SA Rugby two years ago.<\/p>\n

The former All Black game-driver was understood to be part of Jamie Joseph\u2019s bid for the All Blacks\u2019 top job in 2023, when the pair were ultimately beaten to the post by Scott Robertson.<\/p>\n

Now, with Robertson officially out of the picture, Joseph is expected to take another stab at the job, interviewing with New Zealand<\/a> Rugby.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to talk about process, they\u2019re going to talk about the fact that they want to do things the right way, but it would be hard to believe that he\u2019s not the guy that they\u2019ve targeted to take over,\u201d former All Black Jeff Wilson<\/a> said on an emergency episode of The Breakdown<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, they\u2019ll be hoping they can lure Tony Brown<\/a> back from the Springboks. I would be surprised if Tony hadn\u2019t left a door open.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was actually offering to help with the Highlanders<\/a> in the early part of this season, and South African Rugby were happy for him to do that. It didn\u2019t quite work out for other reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in the back of his mind, I think he\u2019s looked at this and thought at some point he\u2019d love to coach the All Blacks with Jamie Joseph.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow this may have come a couple of years sooner than he imagined, but I\u2019d be surprised if he hasn\u2019t got an out. I don\u2019t know that, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Head-to-Head <\/p>\n

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Last 5 Meetings<\/p>\n

Average Points scored<\/p>\n

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Wilson\u2019s co-panellist and fellow ex-All Black, Justin Marshall<\/a>, was shaking his head as Wilson speculated over Brown\u2019s availability.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree with Jeff, that would probably be his (Brown\u2019s) ultimate ambition and goal, to coach the All Blacks,\u201d he responded. \u201cBut I would imagine they (the Springboks) have got him in concrete over there, especially with the All Blacks coming. They would have locked him in.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom all accounts, and having spoken to him, he\u2019s in a great environment, and he loves what he\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would take something really significant to move him on, and the All Blacks are significant. So there could be a possibility, and possibly there is a door to be opened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree that Jamie\u2019s the most likely candidate, having gone away with that All Blacks XV<\/a> in November. There\u2019s a stepping stone there, and by all accounts, that was a really harmonious trip; really enjoyed by the players, very successful on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the change in the All Blacks camp coinciding with movement in the upper ranks of New Zealand Rugby, there is a clear sentiment of change in rugby\u2019s most famous stronghold.<\/p>\n

But the punditry show\u2019s third All Black great, Mils Muliaina<\/a>, warned of what he saw as the dangers of overcorrection and leaning too much into a player-dictated leadership model.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not keen on that reset,\u201d he explained. \u201cThere\u2019s no way we\u2019re resetting right now. I think we\u2019re heading in a new direction, and that\u2019s come about from the board making a courageous decision and moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we\u2019re missing a CEO and head of high performance, but the priority right now is to put Jamie Joseph<\/a> in there. He is the man to go to.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be stuffing around, saying let\u2019s open things up. I know they\u2019ve got to go through a process; Jamie Joseph\u2019s your man. He\u2019s gone through all of this.<\/p>\n

\u201cJeff spoke about it before, about the world that we\u2019re in, with players getting a lot more say, perhaps a lot more than the three of us would have had in our day. There\u2019s go tot be a balance there. I don\u2019t like it heading towards the players.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s your man, Jamie Joseph. He went through that himself in Wellington<\/a> when he came in hard and went hard on his players. He had All Blacks who didn\u2019t like the way things were happening, and he changed it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has experience. He went across to Japan<\/a> and coached there. He\u2019s come back, and he didn\u2019t just get an All Blacks job handed to him; he\u2019s worked his butt off to get there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d be very surprised if South Africa<\/a> were that stupid to let Tony Brown go. Why would you let him go? There\u2019s no way. I\u2019m hoping that he does have a clause in there.<\/p>\n

\u201cJamie Joseph, Tony Brown<\/a>, but also Dave Rennie. Here\u2019s a guy who\u2019s gone through all of that experience with the Wallabies and been axed. After what he\u2019s done with the Chiefs, I think he\u2019d make a great assistant coach with that international experience, but also that old-school way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plays that he comes up with\u2026 I like that model. I\u2019d love to see Brownie back, but I don\u2019t think South Africa are that silly to let him go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamie Joseph\u2019s name is seemingly on the tip of every rugby fan\u2019s tongue after the role of All…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-416128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}