{"id":517294,"date":"2026-03-04T03:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/517294\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:40:11","slug":"ex-wallabies-coach-dave-rennie-to-lead-all-blacks-through-to-2027-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/517294\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Wallabies coach Dave Rennie to lead All Blacks through to 2027 Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The All Blacks have appointed Dave Rennie as their new head coach, three years after he was sacked from the same position with the Wallabies.<\/p>\n

Rennie will lead the team through to the 2027 Rugby World Cup, which will be held in Australia.<\/p>\n

He replaces Scott Robertson, who departed the role suddenly in January following an end-of-season review.<\/p>\n

Robertson won 20 of 27 Tests in charge of the All Blacks.<\/p>\n

Rennie was removed as Wallabies coach in dramatic circumstances after three seasons in charge.<\/p>\n

The New Zealander’s contract was terminated at the beginning of 2023<\/a>, with Rugby Australia turning to Eddie Jones.<\/p>\n

Jones led the Wallabies to their earliest Rugby World Cup exit in tournament history later that year.<\/p>\n

\"Dave<\/p>\n

Dave Rennie coached the Wallabies for three seasons. (\u00a0Getty\/PA Images: David Davies)<\/p>\n

Rennie, who is of Cook Islands heritage, becomes the first All Blacks head coach with Pasifika heritage.<\/p>\n

“Coaching the All Blacks is an incredible honour,” he said in a New Zealand Rugby statement.<\/p>\n

“I’m extremely proud to have been entrusted with this role, and understand the expectations that come with it.<\/p>\n

Wallabies sack coach eight months out from World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n

Less than eight months before the start of the men’s Rugby World Cup, the Wallabies are bringing Eddie Jones back into the fold, leaving Dave Rennie out of a job.<\/p>\n

“I’m really clear on the way I want the All Blacks to play, and I look forward to working with the players, management team, and the rugby community.<\/p>\n

“We have a lot of talent here, and we will be working extremely hard to make the country proud.”<\/p>\n

Rennie has a proud coaching record, having led the Chiefs to consecutive Super Rugby titles in 2012 and 2013.<\/p>\n

He also coached New Zealand to three consecutive Junior World Championships between 2008 and 2010.<\/p>\n

Rennie is currently coaching Japanese club Kobelco Kobe Steelers and will return to New Zealand ahead of the All Blacks’ July home series against France, Italy and Ireland.<\/p>\n

His appointment came on the same day the ACT Brumbies announced Stephen Larkham had extended his contract as the franchise’s head coach.<\/p>\n

Larkham had been linked to a potential role on the All Blacks’ coaching staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The All Blacks have appointed Dave Rennie as their new head coach, three years after he was sacked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[89838,10751,64,63,3181,228143,1736,760,2633,15131,10283,85,2500],"class_list":["post-517294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-89838","tag-all-blacks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-coach","tag-dave-rennie","tag-new-zealand","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-union","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-scott-robertson","tag-sports","tag-wallabies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517294","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=517294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}