{"id":252835,"date":"2026-01-26T18:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/252835\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:34:12","slug":"new-zealand-rugby-confirms-all-black-coaching-appointment-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/252835\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Rugby confirms All Black coaching appointment process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a> Rugby have today announced their process for appointing the new head coach of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a>, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/scott-robertson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Robertson<\/a> departed his role on Thursday, January 15.<\/p>\n<p>NZR Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/david-kirk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Kirk<\/a>, Don Tricker, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/keven-mealamu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keven Mealamu<\/a>, who conducted the end-of-year review that resulted in Robertson leaving his role, will all be involved in the new process alongside interim CEO Steve Lancaster and a recently retired All Black.<\/p>\n<p>The statement explains that the organisation invites coaches from New Zealand with international experience to apply, before the shortlist and interview process begins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNZR will invite New Zealand coaches with international head coaching experience to apply. The appointment panel will then shortlist and interview candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NZR have confirmed that the recently retired All Black who will be on the panel is yet to be decided, and will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n<p>Lancaster, who has stepped in as interim CEO as the organisation searches for a new leader, said in an NZR statement that they are giving the process the care it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe All Blacks Head Coach is an incredibly important appointment. We\u2019ve started the process and are giving it the care and urgency it deserves to set the team up for success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll provide further updates as soon as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s announcement comes hours after Wallabies head coach and former All Blacks assistant Joe Schmidt ruled himself out of the race for the vacant role, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have indicated that despite being sounded out by NZR for the role, Schmidt will remain in his contract with Rugby Australia, \u201cand will not be switching loyalties mid-[World Cup] cycle\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand Rugby have today announced their process for appointing the new head coach of the All Blacks,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-252835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}