{"id":258578,"date":"2026-01-30T02:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/258578\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T02:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:05:08","slug":"john-mitchell-signs-new-deal-with-englands-red-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/258578\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mitchell signs new deal with England\u2019s Red Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AFP<\/p>\n<p>29 Jan, 2026 11:28 PMQuick Read<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Head coach John Mitchell has signed a new contract through to the 2029 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<a class=\"ad__link\" data-test-ui=\"ad__link\" href=\"https:\/\/nzme.co.nz\/advertise\/\" data-ad-env=\"both\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advertise with NZME.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">England head coach John Mitchell has signed a new contract to lead the Red Roses to the next Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup in 2029.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 61-year-old New Zealander guided the team to World Cup glory on home soil in September last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         England have won 25 matches in a row<br \/>\n         since Mitchell was appointed in 2023, also clinching two Six Nations Grand Slams.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI am pleased to extend my time with the Red Roses,\u201d said the 2025 World Rugby coach of the year, who has previously coached the men\u2019s All Blacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis extension provides continuity across a World Cup cycle and enables the programme to operate with a clear, long-term vision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFP 29 Jan, 2026 11:28 PMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21417,1320,1566,3468,1634,29236,106,5126,7240,5430,117,111,139,1536,69,15406,49123,6327,31706,5652,213,102,2834,377],"class_list":{"0":"post-258578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-21417","9":"tag-coach","10":"tag-contract","11":"tag-deal","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-englands","14":"tag-head","15":"tag-john","16":"tag-lead","17":"tag-mitchell","18":"tag-new","19":"tag-new-zealand","20":"tag-newzealand","21":"tag-next","22":"tag-nz","23":"tag-red","24":"tag-roses","25":"tag-rugby","26":"tag-signed","27":"tag-signs","28":"tag-sports","29":"tag-with","30":"tag-womens","31":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258578","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=258578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}