Breakdancing surfer named next All Blacks coach

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Breakdancing Crusaders supremo Scott Robertson has been named arsenic the adjacent All Blacks manager and volition instrumentality the reins from Ian Foster adjacent year.

Robertson has won a grounds six Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders and besides enjoyed erstwhile occurrence coaching Canterbury and the New Zealand under-20s.

The 48-year-old bushed different erstwhile All Blacks escaped forward, Jamie Joseph, to the job.

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"It's an honour to beryllium named arsenic the adjacent All Blacks caput coach," Robertson said.

"It's a occupation that comes with a immense magnitude of responsibility, but I'm excited by the accidental to marque a publication to the bequest of the achromatic jersey.

"To correspond your country, arsenic a manager oregon player, is the eventual honour successful athletics and it's humbling to beryllium fixed that opportunity. I can't wait."

Joseph led the Highlanders to their lone Super Rugby rubric successful 2015 earlier replacing Eddie Jones arsenic Japan manager in 2016.

Under his guidance, Japan reached the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals for the archetypal clip erstwhile they hosted the tourney successful 2019.

Incumbent manager Foster announced earlier this period that helium would not question to widen his enactment beyond this year's World Cup.

Foster, who was promoted to the occupation aft the 2019 World Cup, voiced his displeasure astatine New Zealand Rugby's process, suggesting it would beryllium destabilising for the team.

"I felt the champion happening for our squad and for our full absorption radical was to person this process done aft the Rugby World Cup," Foster said.

"That hasn't happened but we volition judge the determination and determination on... I won't beryllium reapplying for the occupation of caput coach."

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Current adjunct manager Joe Schmidt - who antecedently led Ireland - besides did not apply.

Robertson has been appointed until the 2027 World Cup successful Australia.

"Having important clip to program for 2024 and beyond is important to mounting the All Blacks up for occurrence during the adjacent World Cup cycle," helium said.

"I person a occupation to bash with the Crusaders and that volition beryllium my main absorption done to the completion of Super Rugby, but I volition present person the accidental to enactment with NZR to get immoderate cardinal appointments successful my coaching and absorption squad finalised, truthful we tin deed the crushed moving adjacent year."

Robertson's assignment was confirmed astatine an NZR committee gathering connected Tuesday.

"His coaching grounds speaks for itself successful presumption of success, but what came done powerfully during the interrogation process was his innovative attack to the game, his passionateness for his players, and his tendency to adhd to the All Blacks legacy," NZR main enforcement Mark Robinson said.

"We firmly judge helium is the close idiosyncratic to pb the squad successful 2024 and beyond."

The presumption of All Blacks manager is considered adjacent to that of the New Zealand premier curate successful presumption of unit and expectation.

"We were precise blessed with the calibre and prime of the radical progressive and would similar to convey each of those who took portion successful the process," NZR seat Dame Patsy Reddy said.

"The determination to name the adjacent All Blacks caput manager up of the Rugby World Cup was not taken lightly, but we judge it was the close determination for New Zealand Rugby and the All Blacks and volition acceptable the squad up for aboriginal success.

"We congratulate Scott connected his assignment and look guardant to moving unneurotic successful 2024, but person besides been wide that New Zealand Rugby's afloat enactment this twelvemonth volition beryllium focused connected the existent All Blacks coaching squad arsenic we look toward the 2023 Rugby World Cup successful France."

Robertson is yet to sanction his coaching squad and enactment staff.

"We'll commencement those conversations but I've got my preferred group," helium said.

Robertson said helium spoke to Foster earlier taking the job.

"Look we're precise nonrecreational successful that regard. The coaching assemblage is truly brutal - my archetypal happening is to prime up the telephone and beryllium a antheral archetypal earlier thing else."

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