Ian Foster

“Following wide ranging consultation and after carefully weighing up all scenarios and the key lessons from 2019, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is now commencing a ...

It is to lead this All Blacks team and management group in our planning and preparation so that we go to France with the goal of winning the Rugby World Cup and making this country proud. “As I said last week, I felt the best thing for our team and for our entire management group was to have this process done after the Rugby World Cup,” he said in a statement. [Ian Ransom](/author/ian-ransom) Comments [New Zealand Rugby](/topic/new-zealand-rugby) will appoint a new [All Blacks](/topic/all-blacks) coach within six weeks to succeed [Ian Foster](/topic/ian-foster) after the World Cup, with Foster confirming on Wednesday he will not reapply for the role.

Barrett trusts New Zealand Rugby to make the right call.

Whoever’s out there playing on the weekend, like we can just focus on playing good Super Rugby and that’s what you’re going to be doing. Barrett and the Blues began their Super Rugby Pacific campaign with an impressive 60-20 win over the Highlanders last weekend. As a player, I’m just focused on playing this weekend for my team and we trust that New Zealand make the right decisions for the right reasons.

Ian Foster said on Wednesday that he would not reapply for the job of All Blacks head coach after this year's Rugby World Cup in France.

The 57-year-old added that he remained focused on winning the World Cup in September-October, before concluding: "I won't be reapplying for the job of head coach." "As I said last week, I felt the best thing for our team and for our entire management group was to have this process done after the Rugby World Cup," Foster said in a statement. Ian Foster said on Wednesday that he would not reapply for the job of All Blacks head coach after this year's Rugby World Cup in France.

Ian Foster says he will not reapply for his job as New Zealand head coach when his contract expires after this year's World Cup, which begins...

Reddy added that Foster and his coaching team had NZR's "full support" until after the World Cup, which takes place in France. In a statement, Foster said: "As I said last week, I felt the best thing for our team and entire management group was to have this process done after the World Cup. Foster has criticised the governing body for conducting its search in the middle of his World Cup preparations.

All Blacks great Frank Bunce lets loose in an interview on ongoing head coaching saga with 1News' Guy Heveldt.

"I think it has been handled really badly." He had the public turn on him... "He had to go through Covid, he had to go through a whole lot of things.

There is still a lot of water to flow under the New Zealand Rugby bridge before a new coach is announced in four to six weeks' time. NZ Rugby chair Dame Patsy ...

Respected during his time with the Crusaders, Cotter could make a forwards coach option for a new All Blacks coach. The sun has set on the former Crusaders and Wallabies’ coach’s All Blacks aspirations. If the Blues head coach does join the All Blacks mix next year it’s more likely to be as an assistant. Has transformed Italy’s style of play, but is contracted to the Azzurri until July 2024. A job in Japan is his more likely next destination. Will he be tempted now Foster is no longer in the mix? If it’s international experience that tips the balance, then the ex-teacher leads the pack after seven years building Ireland into a major test force. The former All Blacks fullback is about to head to his third World Cup assignment, this time with Italy after two campaigns in charge of Canada. Foster’s decision to walk the plank was hardly a bombshell. It’s been more-of-the-same under Foster at a time when other nations have caught up. With NZR committed to naming a new coach before the World Cup it would have been more of a shock had he survived. New Zealand rugby fans wouldn’t countenance a foreign coach.