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Unfortunately I think this may eventuate, NZ Rugby aren't going to admit their mistake any time soon. Ronan O'Gara wrote this great piece about Robertson right after Foster was appointed in 2019, he really highlights how much of a missed opportunity it was at the time & he's only been proven...

Let's think about his Super Rugby success though. Robertson took a side that looked stale, wasn't performing to their potential and who hadn’t won a title for nearly ten years and starting winning immediately. Stale and not performing to their potential - sounds a lot like NZ, England and...

Scott Robertson also won trophies with the NZ U20's and Canterbury as well. He managed 3 titles in 4 seasons with Canterbury (Robbie Deans achieved 1 title in 4 seasons). Also, when he took the reigns at the Crusaders, they had just lost Nadolo, McCaw, Carter, Flynn, Andy Ellis, Robbie Fruean...

Crusaders didn't win a title for a decade with their most talented & laden with international (Samoa, Fiji incl.) squads ever. Almost all of these players left, Razor and a bunch of kids in their early 20's came in, and they won a title every year since. That's just the Crusaders. When you...

World Cup winning coaches McQueen, Woodward, White, & Erasmus, didn't have prior international experience.

It's more the inconsistency of results than anything else. 2013 was rock bottom for the Highlanders, although he obviously learned from it and made big changes. During his Lion's tenure, Wellington lost 2 finals & a Semi-Final with an exceptionally strong roster. With Japan, he's shown he can...

He achieved two big upset results (Ireland, Scotland pool matches) at a home World Cup after years of planning & targeting only those 2 matches... aside from that Japan has been consistently worse than they were under Jones, they've been regularly shipping 40+ against most other Tier 1 sides...

Scott Robertson was mentored by Deans, but that's about where the similarities end, by all accounts Razor is a very different breed of coach, unlike Deans he's an outstandingly capable selector and strategist. His man-management is unbelievable & everyone who has worked with him (O'Gara) leaves...

Georgina Robertson is reporting that Scott Robertson has a close relationship with RA Director Daniel Herbert (and with Borthwick reportedly getting the England job) suggesting that it's likely Razor will become Wallabies coach in 2024.

Sounds like Deans & Cheika were more man-manager types, while McKenzie was an outstanding technical & tactical coach, similar to Eddie Jones, who he did his apprenticeship under. I think it's patently obvious McKenzie had the sharpest rugby brain, just unfortunate a select minority of...

Will Genia is the only player of that Deans era I've heard discuss differences in Wallabies coaches he's played under...

Ironically, according to Squidge Rugby, Eddie for the past few years, has apparently been working on a team that can change it's shape rapidly and instinctively when it's necessary... he's starting to implement unstructured attack... "playing what's in front of you"... I guess the irony here is...

Bob Dwyer 1982–1983 12 5 1 6 41.67% overall: 63.01% 1988-1995 61 41 1 19 67.21%

yeah, although his tenure was split into two different periods, 6 years apart. Alan Jones 1984–1987 30 21 1 8 70.00% Greg Smith 1996–1997 19 12 0 7 63.16% Rod Macqueen 1997–2001 43 34 1 8 79.07% Eddie Jones 2001–2005 57 33 1 23 57.89% John Connolly 2006–2007 25 16 1 8 64.00%...

It's worth pointing out that with the Crusaders, he had a typical bunch of NZ rural characters, reserved quiet, low-key personalities, (think Thorne, Summerville, Franks types) a lot of no-nonsense individuals who don't question the coach or even say much at all, it's quite a bit different to...

Stephen Moore regrets Wallabies' culture slide under Robbie Deans but says it's turning around Wallabies elder statesman Stephen Moore admits senior players should have stepped in when the Wallabies' culture began to slide under previous coach Robbie Deans. Moore has revealed his regret at not...

This article from Stephen Moore is probably the most insightful I've read on it.

From what I've heard is that Robbie is good when it comes to coaching & bringing through young players, as these guys don't have a voice yet, they won't question his methods, the problem is he tends to establish poor relationships with senior players because he's apparently inflexible when it...

Tolu Latu is another tempting possibility, but I'm quite content with Porecki & BPA in the top 23. I'd be taking BPA, T.Hooper, Gamble, Perese for 2023 WC at expense of Fainga'a, Hanigan, McReight, Paisami.

I found this chapter extract from Anton Oliver's book particularly insightful: The test squad got down for training for the game against Ireland at Landsdowne Road. I expect training sessions to be well planned beforehand, and that clear instructions be given; also that drills are devised for a...