The contenders to be the next All Blacks coach

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All Blacks large Andrew Mehrtens says Scott Robertson is "odds on" to go the adjacent New Zealand coach, portion throwing immoderate much unfancied names successful the premix arsenic Ian Foster's successor.

Foster announced connected Wednesday that helium won't reapply for his job beyond this year's Rugby World Cup.

New Zealand Rugby revealed earlier that it would name the adjacent manager "within 4 to six weeks," leaving the overmuch maligned Foster successful an awkward position.

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"At slightest it gives them the accidental successful New Zealand to person a batch of different coaches disposable successful the premix to person a truly robust process," Mehrtens said connected Stan Sport's Rugby Heaven.

"Scott Robertson, you'd astir apt person to accidental he's the beforehand runner, but past you've got Joe Schmidt, Jamie Joseph, Vern Cotter's astir apt successful the mix.

"Dave Rennie could beryllium successful the premix arsenic well, Kieran Crowley - helium is doing immoderate truly large things with Italian rugby astatine the moment."

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Foster had antecedently spoken retired against immoderate determination to sanction a caller manager earlier the World Cup, suggesting it would beryllium destabilising for the team.

Mehrtens called Foster's statement "baloney."

"Because I deliberation players are nonrecreational and person to get done that and immoderate other is going connected successful the background. They've got a occupation to do, which is the World Cup."

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The erstwhile five-eighth did person immoderate sympathy for the level of choler directed towards Foster, who has struggled to asseverate himself successful the relation similar lofty predecessors Steve Hansen and Graham Henry.

"The All Blacks manager position, they ever get much vitriol than they merit and astatine times they perchance get much accolades than they merit arsenic well," Mehrtens said.

"There's not a batch of mediate ground, not a batch of moderation implicit determination with New Zealand rugby supporters and you know, they'll marque nary apologies for that. It's hopefully what drives the athletics implicit determination arsenic well."

Grinning Wallabies fable Tim Horan past chimed in.

"It's large to spot the All Blacks successful turmoil," the two-time World Cup victor said.

"Just what you privation to spot successful a World Cup year."

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