Former All Blacks star Israel Dagg insists that Scott Robertson should not be looking overseas for his next coach following the departure of Jason Holland.<\/p>\n
Since the start of the 51-year-old\u2019s reign, New Zealand have lost two of the backroom team with Leon MacDonald and Holland exiting the set-up.<\/p>\n
They did not replace MacDonald, and they have yet to make a call on the coaching situation following Holland\u2019s decision to leave at the end of his contract.<\/p>\n
Dagg believes that Robertson<\/a> will bring a new person in, but he hopes they are not foreign and that the All Blacks<\/a> will instead invest in home-grown coaches.<\/p>\n \u2018What kind of precedent does that set?\u2019<\/p>\n Asked on the Scotty and Izzy show whether they should look overseas, he responded: \u201cI can see where you\u2019re coming from because the game is evolving. Particularly up in the north, they play a different style and they\u2019ve got some different IP that we could potentially tap into.<\/p>\n \u201cBut for me, they\u2019ve (New Zealand Rugby) never done it and I can\u2019t see it happening. What kind of precedent does that set for coaches here in this country?<\/p>\n \u201cI think the problem is we\u2019ve maybe gone away from our identity as a country, the way that we have played the game, which has worked for over 100 years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve always been that team that\u2019s loved to use the ball, use our skills. The way that we play the game is open, a willingness to run it.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve always been solid at set-piece time and we\u2019ve always been creative when it comes to just pulling something out of absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve always produced some wonderful finishers, some great athletes. We\u2019ve played a game in the past which has had a little bit of structure but was really unstructured.<\/p>\n \u201cFor us, we don\u2019t really want to go pushing the button and searching for that answer offshore. We need to go back to what we have done in the past and what has got us into a position where we are renowned around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n Scott Robertson debate prompts fascinating revelation from Israel Dagg about All Blacks coaches past and present<\/a><\/p>\n Readers\u2019 Team of the Year: Don\u2019t agree with World Rugby\u2019s Dream XV backline? Cast your vote!<\/a><\/p>\n Robertson-O\u2019Gara relationship<\/p>\n One thing Robertson did particularly well while at the Crusaders was to integrate the odd foreign coach, who would go on to make a big impact in the set-up.<\/p>\n