Scott Robertson

2022 - 7 - 27

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Crusaders super coach Scott Robertson wants to win World Cup ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Crusaders super coach Scott Robertson opens up on his ambitions in the test rugby arena, which include guiding the All Blacks to the biggest prize.

But I would love to win two and have a different expectation, different culture.” ”I have got my mate Jase Ryan, who is an incredible forwards coach (now on board with the All Blacks). I have really enjoyed what Mike Catt has done with Ireland. It’s pretty special, their short passing game, the work off the ball that they do. ... it wasn’t anything to do with the job”. But I would love to do it with another country. “It would be great to win a World Cup with your own country, which I want to do. They are reuniting to guide the Baabaas in November. He won seven championships with his club and then gone away and done that’. People will go, ‘OK, he has got the group, the players will play for him’.” I haven’t said it publicly before, but it would transcend,” he said. He has committed to coaching the Barbarians against an “All Blacks XV” in London in November and hinted that his loyalty to New Zealand only stretches so far. “What I learned from last time, especially around the All Blacks stuff, is you have to keep your options open,” the man they call ‘Razor’ told Hamilton on his popular podcast. If there is another club, country … probably country, I wouldn’t go to a club now. “It’s one job (All Blacks coach) and when someone doesn’t give it to you, you have to think differently: what opportunities are out there?

Rugby: Crusaders coach Scott Robertson open to offers, wants to ... (Newshub)

The Crusaders' coach wants to win the tournament with the All Blacks, but not just them.

D'Arcy Waldegrave on Scott Robertson being open to overseas offers (Newstalk ZB)

Scott Robertson has said he's open to overseas offers. The Crusaders coach is the people's favourite to replace under-fire All Blacks coach Ian Foster, wit.

Scott Robertson: I want to coach two nations to World Cup glory (1 News)

Crusaders head coach outlines his coaching ambitions as the clock ticks on his near perfect Super Rugby reign.

I really want to go to a World Cup. I want to go to a couple. He added: “You need a lot of things to go right to win a championship. “But you also need a really aligned coaching staff that the boys trust. and it’s one job, and if someone doesn’t give it to you, you have to think differently. You have to have players who love it. I’m not sure in which order - that’s not my decision that’s for others, but I’d love to win two with different expectations, a different culture.

Scott Robertson's NZ rugby bombshell: If ABs don't want me, I'm ... (New Zealand Herald)

With NZR hanging on to under-fire coach Ian Foster, Robertson appears to have had enough.

My best mate lives over there and I went to the test with him and it was a great experience. "You have to keep your options open … I'll be coming into my seventh year as the Crusaders coach next year. That is the foremost thing," he said. It's when someone goes 'how did he do that'? That is pretty special." I am open [to offers], yeah." "If there is another country - I wouldn't go to a club now - I really want to go to Rugby World Cup. I genuinely want to go to a couple.

Scott Robertson explains recent Sydney meeting with Eddie Jones (RugbyPass)

Crusaders' Scott Robertson has shed light on his Sydney rendezvous with England boss Eddie Jones in Sydney before the recent series decider.

So ambitious is Roberston that his aim is not only to win one World Cup, he wants to win two – one with the All Blacks and another with an overseas country. “You have got to adapt to the country that you are coaching and get the best out of them. Asked to explain his meeting in Australia with England boss Jones, Robertson said: “Look, I caught up with Eddie but it wasn’t anything to do with the job, it was more, well he texted me. “It’s one job [All Blacks coach] and when someone doesn’t give it to you you have to think differently, what opportunities are out there? Crusaders boss Scott Robertson has shed light on his rendezvous with England boss Eddie Jones in Sydney in the lead-up to the recent third-Test series decider. The situation leaves the ambitious Roberston biding his time to see what might unfold.

Why Crusaders supremo Scott Robertson's itchy feet should worry ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Richard Knowler is a senior sports reporter at Stuff. OPINION: NZ Rugby's bosses shouldn't be the only ones ankle-deep in sweat after Scott Robertson ...

A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. NZ Rugby would have no option but to sack Foster and usher in Robertson as his replacement. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. But what a cruel blow for Robertson. He and Ryan shared many magic moments at the Crusaders, celebrating six Super Rugby titles together. The landscape has changed.