{"id":300229,"date":"2026-02-24T19:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/300229\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:51:08","slug":"scott-robertson-gets-first-job-since-leaving-all-blacks-to-coach-barbarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/300229\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Robertson gets first job since leaving All Blacks, to coach Barbarians"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2022, he coached the Barbarians to a 35-31<\/a> win over the All Blacks XV, a side which featured the likes current All Blacks Damian McKenzie, Leicester Fainga\u2019anuku and Tamati Williams, as well as Cortez Ratima, Christian Lio-Willie and Brodie McAlister \u2013 who would make their All Blacks debuts under Robertson.<\/p>\n

Robertson\u2019s shock exit from the All Blacks was announced just over a month ago<\/a>, with his replacement expected to be named in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

As reported by Gregor Paul in the Herald, as part of what was believed to be a circa $1 million termination settlement with New Zealand Rugby, Robertson has restrictions on where he can coach until the end of the year, and is understood to have agreed a 12-month restraint of trade from coaching top-tier nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Barbarians, popularly known as the Baa-Baas, are a mix of players from different countries that play exhibition games, mostly against international teams.<\/p>\n

Somewhat ironically, Robertson\u2019s first game will be against the Springboks, a side the new All Blacks coach will face four times this year as part of a South African tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoaching the All Blacks has been the honour of my life. I am incredibly proud of what this team has achieved and of the progress we have made. We have brought through a talented group of young players, strengthened the depth across the squad, and set solid foundations for the years ahead.\u201d Robertson said i on January 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the end-of-year review I have taken time to reflect on some of the feedback. My priority has always been the success of the All Blacks and, after discussions with New Zealand Rugby, I believe it is in the best interests of the team for me to step aside.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have therefore reached an agreement with New Zealand Rugby to end my contract early so a new coaching group has the time it needs to prepare and take the team into the next World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Herald reported that just days after his All Blacks contract was terminated, Robertson \u2013 through his representative \u2013 inquired about the Queensland Reds job<\/a> \u2013 but was told it had already been filled by current Blues coach Vern Cotter<\/a>. Robertson\u2019s name was also put in front of the Harlequins club in London, who are looking for a director of rugby to take over in June this year.<\/p>\n

A decision on whether Dave Rennie or Jamie Joseph will replace Robertson as All Blacks coach is expected to be early next month as members of the NZR appointment panel spend time assessing the respective contenders\u2019 coaching environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2022, he coached the Barbarians to a 35-31 win over the All Blacks XV, a side which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5263,164936,682,8136,1320,90679,1888,6276,106,3112,11927,2845,10136,111,139,69,8986,8139,7811,213,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-300229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-all","9":"tag-barbarians","10":"tag-being","11":"tag-blacks","12":"tag-coach","13":"tag-departing","14":"tag-first","15":"tag-gets","16":"tag-head","17":"tag-job","18":"tag-landed","19":"tag-leaving","20":"tag-named","21":"tag-new-zealand","22":"tag-newzealand","23":"tag-nz","24":"tag-robertson","25":"tag-scott","26":"tag-since","27":"tag-sports","28":"tag-to"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300229","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=300229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}