{"id":416641,"date":"2026-01-16T10:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416641\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:03:09","slug":"two-clear-fan-favourites-emerge-to-fill-all-blacks-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416641\/","title":{"rendered":"Two clear fan favourites emerge to fill All Blacks void"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fans have spoken as to who they want to replace Scott Robertson as the All Blacks head coach.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand Rugby stunned the world on Thursday, making the unprecedented move to part ways with their head coach just two years into his four-year deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tag\/scott-robertson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robertson<\/a> vacates the role after winning 20 of his 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tournament\/international\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Test<\/a> matches in charge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/new-zealand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a>, which translates to a 74% win rate.<\/p>\n<p>That ranks him seventh out of nine head coaches who have overseen 20+ All Blacks Tests, as per <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OptaJonny\/status\/2011739630312587491\" target=\"_blank\">Opta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All Blacks\u2019 coaches records<\/p>\n<p>87% \u2013 Steve Hansen (W93 D4 L10)<br \/>86% \u2013 Alex Wyllie (W25 D1 L3)<br \/>85% \u2013 Graham Henry (W88 L15)<br \/>82% \u2013 John Mitchell (W23 D1 L4)<br \/>80% \u2013 Neil McPhail (W16 D2 L2)<br \/>76% \u2013 John Hart (W31 D1 L9)<br \/>74% \u2013 Scott Robertson (W20 L7)<br \/>70% \u2013 Ian Foster (W32 D2 L12)<br \/>68% \u2013 Laurie Mains (W23 D1 L10)<\/p>\n<p class=\"px-3 xs:px-4 mt-3 mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-base text-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/scott-robertson-sacked-15-coaches-the-all-blacks-could-turn-to-to-right-the-ship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Robertson sacked! 15 coaches the All Blacks could turn to to right the ship<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"px-3 xs:px-4 mt-3 mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-base text-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/sack-ardie-savea-outspoken-pundit-calls-for-all-blacks-star-to-follow-scott-robertson-out-the-door-after-blackmailing-nz-rugby\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Sack Ardie Savea!\u2019 \u2013 Outspoken pundit calls for All Blacks star to follow Scott Robertson out the door after \u2018blackmailing\u2019 NZ Rugby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the news of Robertson\u2019s departure, we asked our readers to vote on who they would like to see in the hotseat in 2026, providing a longlist of 15 potential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>A host of coaches received single-digit percentages of the votes, including the likes of Pat Lam, Sir Steve Hansen, Dave Rennie and Warren Gatland.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to the fans, there are two clear frontrunners in Jamie Joseph and Joe Schmidt \u2013 two coaches with a plethora of experience at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph has twice missed out on the All Blacks head coaching job, falling short to Ian Foster and Robertson, respectively. The former Japan head coach is currently preparing the Highlanders for the upcoming Super Rugby Pacific season, but will undoubtedly be in the running for one of the top jobs in world rugby.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Schmidt is contracted with Rugby Australia through to July, but fans believe that NZ Rugby should be moving to get him into the position anyway. The 60-year-old was pivotal in turning things around for the All Blacks in the build-up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup when he joined Forster\u2019s staff as an assistant coach and is held in high regard worldwide and within the squad.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, Joseph holds a 9% lead over Schmidt in the polls, but if you believe that should not be the case, have your say below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fans have spoken as to who they want to replace Scott Robertson as the All Blacks head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,818,1182,219861,1381,1736,44,760,10283,85],"class_list":["post-416641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-home-page","tag-internationals","tag-jamie-joseph","tag-joe-schmidt","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-rugby","tag-scott-robertson","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416641","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=416641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}