{"id":99299,"date":"2025-10-24T20:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/99299\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T20:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:49:10","slug":"all-blacks-stars-caught-off-guard-with-holland-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/99299\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks stars ‘caught off guard’ with Holland exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel Dagg has admitted that he was shocked by Jason Holland\u2019s departure and has claimed that it would have also surprised the All Blacks players.<\/p>\n

It was announced on Thursday that the backs coach would be stepping down from his position following the end of the November internationals.<\/p>\n

Following Leon MacDonald\u2019s exit last year, it will be the second casualty in Scott Robertson\u2019s<\/a> coaching staff since he took over after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n

Despite Robertson\u2019s insistence that it was solely Holland\u2019s call, questions have been asked of the head honcho and the atmosphere within the backroom team.<\/p>\n

Announced before Grand Slam tour<\/p>\n

The timing has also been queried, given that it has been confirmed before their big games against Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales.<\/p>\n

Dagg<\/a> has defended the All Blacks<\/a> over that decision, insisting it is better to let people know immediately, but conceded that he \u201cdidn\u2019t see it coming\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think you\u2019ve got to get rid of the grey area. Like every organisation, when you\u2019re hesitant that can flow on to your delivery, the way that you coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not against announcing it right now so we can just move forward and allow Jason Holland to go over there and coach particularly well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know the players will be caught off guard, none of them would have expected it and nor did I.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott Robertson denies NZR interference over coach\u2019s sudden departure despite All Blacks\u2019 tactical issues<\/a><\/p>\n

There are currently certain similarities to Ian Foster\u2019s reign, who saw Brad Mooar and John Plumtree depart during his tenure.<\/p>\n

They were replaced in 2022 by Joe Schmidt and Jason Ryan respectively and it made a difference as the All Blacks reached the final of the Rugby World Cup just over a year later.<\/p>\n

A successor to Holland has yet to be confirmed, and may not be for a while, but they will surely bring another coach in having lost both him and MacDonald in the past year.<\/p>\n

\u2018No leeway\u2019 as All Blacks head coach<\/p>\n

\u201cFozzy got it wrong, it\u2019s probably obvious right now. When he first came in, he probably didn\u2019t get the people that he wanted, there was a lot of heartache there, a lot of hurt and obviously towards the end of his coaching career, he had the right people in there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey started producing, they started performing so maybe that\u2019s the case of where we\u2019re at now; Razor\u2019s just tinkering and trying to figure it out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that is clearly obvious with this is there\u2019s time when you\u2019re with the All Blacks, there\u2019s no leeway, there\u2019s no \u2018she\u2019ll be alright\u2019 mentality, you\u2019ve got to get it right from the outset.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: All Blacks coach departs! 15 potential replacements from the \u2018ridiculous\u2019 to the guru Scott Robertson should \u2018go all out for\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel Dagg has admitted that he was shocked by Jason Holland\u2019s departure and has claimed that it would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,1463,1464,16344,111,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-99299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-internationals","11":"tag-israel-dagg","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-top-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topnews","17":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99299","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=99299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}