All Kiwi's not coaching ABs at the 2023 World Cup?
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not including us but off the top of my head
Samoa - Andrew Goodman, Tana Umaga, Coventry.
Japan - Joseph, Mitchell, Brown, Scott Hansen.
Italy - Crowley.
Wales - Gatland.
Fiji - Daryl Gibson, Glen Jackson.
Georgia - Corey Brown, Paul Tito.
Argentina - Kidwell.
Any other NZ coaches in France at the moment?
It would be quite interesting to see how this compares to previous World Cups. In 2019 most teams except for SA, France, Australia, Italy & Scotland had a NZ head coach, assistant, or advisor/consultant. Milton Haig Georgia, Steve Jackson Samoa, Graham Henry Canada, Neil Barnes Fiji, etc.. In 2015 i'm pretty sure only France, England, Italy, Australia among the top teams did not, 2015 had the rarity of 2 brothers (Leo & Kieran) coaching the same side Canada, 2011 was full of NZ coaches like Aussie McLean (Samoa), Boyd (Tonga), Crowley (Canada), Gibbes (Georgia), Kirwan (Japan), Deans, Gatland, etc..
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Vern Cotter is a consultant with Romania
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@Duluth said in All Kiwi's not coaching ABs at the 2023 World Cup?:
Vern Cotter is a consultant with Romania
can't believe they sacked Andy Robinson going into the WC
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you know that I think of it I reckon Fozzie has the biggest coaching staff in the tournament. Schmidt, Ryan, McLeod, David Hill, Greg Feek & also now Steve Hansen as an advisor, I assume for the pool stages. It's quite the contrast from having only Foster, McLeod, Cron in 2019..
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@kiwi_expat said in All Kiwi's not coaching ABs at the 2023 World Cup?:
Argentina - Kidwell.
No wonder Argentina are looking poop at the moment.
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@kiwi_expat said in All Kiwi's not coaching ABs at the 2023 World Cup?:
you know that I think of it I reckon Fozzie has the biggest coaching staff in the tournament. Schmidt, Ryan, McLeod, David Hill, Greg Feek & also now Steve Hansen as an advisor, I assume for the pool stages. It's quite the contrast from having only Foster, McLeod, Cron in 2019..
Well Hansen is hardly part of the staff, anymore than he was part of Wallabies' coaching staff by being in there for a day ot two. I think all teams (especially tier 1)have big coaching groups though, just not officially part of group. ABs official coaches are Foster, Schmidt and Ryan. But theyalso have MacLeod .Hill and Feek plus trainers, and almost every team has same, we just don't probably read about them in NZ rugby sites etc? I be honest, I saw Wallabies training on news one night and saw quite a group (I didn't recognise any of them) doing different thing as the camera panned around.
I even surprised how many coaches/trainers you see at NPC games, sems about 3 in the box and at least 2 running water and doing all warm ups etc.Kind of makes you yearn for the days when one was considered enough!
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@Dan54 said in All Kiwi's not coaching ABs at the 2023 World Cup?:
@kiwi_expat said in All Kiwi's not coaching ABs at the 2023 World Cup?:
you know that I think of it I reckon Fozzie has the biggest coaching staff in the tournament. Schmidt, Ryan, McLeod, David Hill, Greg Feek & also now Steve Hansen as an advisor, I assume for the pool stages. It's quite the contrast from having only Foster, McLeod, Cron in 2019..
Well Hansen is hardly part of the staff, anymore than he was part of Wallabies' coaching staff by being in there for a day ot two. I think all teams (especially tier 1)have big coaching groups though, just not officially part of group. ABs official coaches are Foster, Schmidt and Ryan. But theyalso have MacLeod .Hill and Feek plus trainers, and almost every team has same, we just don't probably read about them in NZ rugby sites etc? I be honest, I saw Wallabies training on news one night and saw quite a group (I didn't recognise any of them) doing different thing as the camera panned around.
I even surprised how many coaches/trainers you see at NPC games, sems about 3 in the box and at least 2 running water and doing all warm ups etc.Kind of makes you yearn for the days when one was considered enough!
Less is often more...
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