{"id":422497,"date":"2026-01-19T03:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422497\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T03:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:44:09","slug":"scott-robertson-exit-from-all-blacks-coaching-job-reveals-change-in-new-zealand-rugby-philosophy-irish-rugby-pundit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422497\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Robertson exit from All Blacks coaching job reveals change in New Zealand Rugby philosophy: Irish rugby pundit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe clamour for his head on a platter seemed much more intense than for Robertson\u2019s removal at the end of the All Blacks\u2019 end-of-year tour. Yet the NZR opted to stick rather than twist, partly due to a delegation of leading players who back [Foster] it is believed, albeit with the key appointment of Joe Schmidt as an assistant coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FormerFormer All Blacks coach Scott Robertson. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

NZR\u2019s decision to move Robertson aside came after what is understood to have been highly critical player feedback in an end-of-year review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, this time,\u201d Thornley wrote. \u201cIn very un-NZRU [sic] fashion, they opted to twist.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also suggested NZR would likely be more open to offshore-based candidates in its search for a replacement.<\/p>\n

\u201cRobertson\u2019s departure also debunks the long-held opinion in New Zealand rugby that the head coach be appointed from within the system. He had, after all, led the Crusaders to seven successive Super Rugby titles<\/a> [including the Covid-era New Zealand-only crowns].\u201d<\/p>\n

NZR chair David Kirk said the search for a new coach has already begun. Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has emerged as the front-runner<\/a> for the role.<\/p>\n

Joseph is set to coach the Highlanders in the upcoming Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> season, with their first pre-season game scheduled for January 30.<\/p>\n

Former Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan has ruled himself out<\/a> of joining the All Blacks coaching ranks, insisting he\u2019s committed to his current club, Munster.<\/p>\n

Robertson leaves the role with 20 wins from 27 tests<\/a>, a 74% success rate, having taken over from Foster after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe clamour for his head on a platter seemed much more intense than for Robertson\u2019s removal at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[3265,64,63,9658,27932,1650,13284,16495,222275,43201,5587,1571,31976,4717,10969,4693,3127,25646,220438,28374,9669,38348,3206,760,4215,9660,187900,85,22386,1643,4220,9501,1050,3605,193058,3205,22671],"class_list":["post-422497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-all","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-blacks","tag-change","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-come","tag-debunks","tag-exit","tag-from","tag-history","tag-idea","tag-in","tag-irish","tag-job","tag-new","tag-philosophy","tag-pundit","tag-reveals","tag-robertson","tag-robertsons","tag-role","tag-rugby","tag-says","tag-scott","tag-solid","tag-sports","tag-success","tag-super","tag-system","tag-that","tag-will","tag-with","tag-within","tag-zealand","tag-zealands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422497","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=422497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}