Dave Rennie\u2019s tough time with the Wallabies will be advantageous for New Zealand. That is according to former All Blacks boss Sir Steve Hansen, who believes the team will benefit greatly from the new head coach\u2019s previous experience and struggles.<\/p>\n
Rennie<\/a> enjoyed immense success during his time with the Chiefs, winning back-to-back Super Rugby titles before making the move to the Glasgow Warriors in 2016.<\/p>\n He succeeded now-Scotland boss Gregor Townsend at the Warriors and helped the club reach the PRO12 semi-final in his first season and the final in 2019. While he wasn\u2019t able to clinch a title at the club, his work laid the platform for future success under Franco Smith, who replaced Rennie when the New Zealander was named Wallabies head coach.<\/p>\n It was a turbulent time in Australia for Rennie, who was sacked after a historic defeat to Italy and was replaced by Eddie Jones in the year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n Dave Rennie\u2019s experience is advantageous for the All Blacks<\/p>\n The hurt from his time at the Wallabies will make him hungry to succeed with the All Blacks<\/a>, according to Hansen<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s advantageous for everybody, like the bigger your pool of experience, the bigger the opportunity to learn,\u201d he told Martin Devlin on the DSPN podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, he\u2019s no dummy; he would have learned from things that have happened to him along the way in his coaching career, and some of those things have happened overseas.<\/p>\n \u201cHe went through a tough time with the Wallabies; he\u2019ll learn from that. That\u2019ll make him that\u2019ll make him hungry for wanting to be successful. He\u2019s a passionate New Zealander, so he\u2019ll want the All Blacks to be good.\u201d<\/p>\n Wallabies v All Blacks Anzac Test \u2018almost certain\u2019 as Dave Rennie\u2019s role revealed in NZR\u2019s change of heart<\/a><\/p>\n Anyone can understand Rennie<\/p>\n Overall, the 2015 World Cup-winning coach has a positive feeling about the new man in charge of the All Blacks. \u201cWhen he talks, it makes sense.<\/p>\n \u201cI can understand what he\u2019s trying to say and where he\u2019s driving it. So if I can, then that probably means every other New Zealander can and that\u2019s important. You need to be able to use the experiences, the good and the bad and the ugly, to shape you to become better,\u201d Hansen continued.<\/p>\n