Foster officially unveils new set of All Blacks assistants

Can't help but think we have too many Chiefs and not enough Indians in coaching now. The Wayne Smith/ Tony Brown roles are rare. If we lined up our best coaches who are in professional roles and picked the best for each role thats required these days it would look nothing like Fozzies lineup. So that automatically tells you that like our players going and leaving gaps, so are our coaches and the huge combined impact of all that is going to continue to serve against us. We are producing IP and talent of such quality now that we are exporting far more than we are retaining. and for the sake of our own game lets just hope others catch on a little quicker than they are in producing their own. They are from a players perspective, but far from it from a coaching perspective. Our template on how we play is such now that why invest so much in one player when you can get a coach in to produce 20 or 30 of them? Blokes like Schmidt who has changed the face of Irish rugby 'across Ireland' has proved far more valuable than any single player.

Which golfer mostly wins every week? :stoked:

This will be his un-doing....2 years....

There is only one person that could possibly claim the title 'next Wayne Smith' and that is Tony Brown.

Jacinta could coach the All Blacks. Just as the best golfers and tennis players don’t win every week ; Nor do the ABs , but they do mostly.

Rennie didn't apply did he?!

"Newly-appointed NZ Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson said a strong assistant coaching group was one reason for Foster’s appointment – seeing off the challenge of Crusaders head coach Scott Robertson."

That’s an interesting take on things. Let’s agree to disagree.

like who cruden? he was seen as an future star and was coached at the nz academy by Grant fox and Jeff Wilson long before Rennie got his hands on him, you aussies like to say the abs won the 2015 world cup because of Wayne Smith even though foster was the attack coach, but you go awfully silent when it's mentioned that the cheifs only won titles because of Smith and Rennie couldn't win without him

You do realise most of the stars in the Chiefs only became stars after Rennie started coaching them?

Moar

I am hoping they get Brad Moore he was the crusaders back, attack and game plan coach for there there titles , I am hoping he's the next Wayne Smith

He was able to recruit certain players provided they weren’t prioritised by other franchises. If Cruden and Retallick were sure things, why didn’t other teams lock them in?

nz super rugby didn't go to the centralized system till Rennies first year in charge of the cheifs, meaning he could call in players like cruden, SBW and Brodie and coaches like Smith, Foster had a small group of players to choose from and some unheard of assistants at his time at the cheifs, a lot of top rugby people in nz think he would of taken the cheifs all the way under the centralized system that Rennie benefited from

But did that coincide with roster change? Without Smith they were still a much better team than pre-Rennie.

Best of luck Stu and co. Some sensible appointments. And while I fervently hope you prove me wrong I'm picking this will be as short a tenure as the contract suggests...

All true Train. But the fact remains that, like his departure from the All Blacks, Smith left a hole that even Rennie struggled to fill. They made the finals but they were not the same team without Smith's involvement. Dave Rennie is astute and a sensible placement by RA but the assistants are a massive part of the menu and none of them compare to Wayne Smith...

I’m going to assume you’re an All Blacks fan.

The Chiefs made the finals twice in their existence before Rennie. They made finals every year under Rennie. Glasgow have built back up to a grand final team under Rennie after missing finals before he started. Since he started at the Chiefs his record has been teams being better than before he arrived.

moore