{"id":95586,"date":"2025-10-23T03:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/95586\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T03:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:04:10","slug":"all-blacks-assistant-coach-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/95586\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks assistant coach to step down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4KO2JW0_h_00158787_jpg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"699\" alt=\"All Blacks coach Scott Robertson, centre, with coaching staff Jason Ryan,left,  Jason Holland, Scott Hansen and Leon MacDonald following the All Blacks Squad Announcement.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nAll Blacks coach Scott Robertson, centre, with coaching staff Jason Ryan,left,  Jason Holland, Scott Hansen and Leon MacDonald following the All Blacks Squad Announcement.<br \/>\nPhoto: Joseph Johnson\/ActionPress\n<\/p>\n<p>All Blacks assistant coach Jason Holland has today confirmed his decision to finish his role when his current contract concludes at the end of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Holland confirmed his decision to Scott Robertson after the second Bledisloe Cup test in Perth, which the All Blacks won 28-14. It&#8217;s understood the players were informed today, on the first day of camp ahead of preparations for the end of year tour.<\/p>\n<p>Holland continues in his role leading set piece attack and as backs coach for the All Blacks&#8217; four remaining test matches of 2025 against Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a huge privilege to coach the All Blacks and represent New Zealand alongside some great people, both players and management,&#8221; said Holland, who previously coached the Hurricanes in Super Rugby.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4LBL1BF_230325MoanaHurricanes_002_jpg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Hurricanes Head Coach Jason Holland\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nHurricanes Head Coach Jason Holland<br \/>\nPhoto: PHOTOSPORT\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously I&#8217;ve been taking the time to reflect on what I want to do with my contract coming up for renewal. Ultimately, this is about what gets me excited about being a coach. I was happy to take a two-year contract and the time feels right for me to step away from this role and look ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re a close group so this wasn&#8217;t an easy decision. I&#8217;ve obviously coached with them all in various ways for a long period of time and we think the team are making shifts in the right direction. There are four Tests left, and I&#8217;m absolutely focused on helping this team to win in the northern hemisphere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Holland&#8217;s departure is the second from Robertson&#8217;s original coaching selection, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/sport\/525889\/all-blacks-in-turmoil-what-leon-macdonald-s-departure-means\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leon MacDonald quit<\/a> after three tests last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a massive amount respect for Jase in our group. Whilst we&#8217;re disappointed, he has our support and we respect the decision he&#8217;s come to. Not only is Jase a great man, he&#8217;s a fantastic coach and has been dedicated to his role in this All Blacks team,&#8221; said Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jase has made it clear to the team that he&#8217;s completely focused on our four remaining Test matches, and I know he&#8217;s already got a few new strike plays up his sleeve. A Grand Slam opportunity doesn&#8217;t come around too often and that&#8217;s where our attention is for the challenge ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-More to come<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Blacks coach Scott Robertson, centre, with coaching staff Jason Ryan,left, Jason Holland, Scott Hansen and Leon MacDonald&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-95586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-podcasts","13":"tag-public-radio","14":"tag-radio-new-zealand","15":"tag-rnz","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95586","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=95586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}