All Blacks 2026
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks 2026:
Have been told that Nick Evans is the new assistant.
Reliable source so don’t think they are pulling my leg. Unsure when to expect an announcement but that’s about the only oil I’ve been able to provide
That would be great. Especially if he's the assistant to Razor, not Hansen.
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One thing I recall from the way Evan’s used to play is that passing was most often his first option and he would pass immediately. He was quick (like Barrett used to be all those years ago) but he’d set himself up for a run once the opposition became used to him always passing without even looking like he was going to run the ball. He could obviously kick more than twenty metres too. It’d be ideal if he could introduce these concepts to the current players, with their run it every time style.
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks 2026:
Have been told that Nick Evans is the new assistant.
Reliable source so don’t think they are pulling my leg. Unsure when to expect an announcement but that’s about the only oil I’ve been able to provide
a coaching team that's had 2 Jasons, 2 Scott's & now 2 Evans.
we just need a 3rd Taimaiti, we're down to only 1 Holland, but still at 3 Scott's including the captain.
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@ShaquilleOatmeal said in All Blacks 2026:
One thing I recall from the way Evan’s used to play is that passing was most often his first option and he would pass immediately. He was quick (like Barrett used to be all those years ago) but he’d set himself up for a run once the opposition became used to him always passing without even looking like he was going to run the ball.
A coach of mine used to tell me to do the same - make the defence complacent before I took them on.
But being a team player I wouldn't let the team down by passing to them!
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@game_film said in All Blacks 2026:
If it is Evans then great to have someone who has been outside of the bubble. See if he can last 6 months before he’s on the phone to Rangi.
Neuter little Scott and maybe he has a chance to make a difference
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@canefan said in All Blacks 2026:
Neuter little Scott and maybe he has a chance to make a difference
The Head Coach or Scott Robertson?
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@kidcalder said in All Blacks 2026:
I hope Evans is sure of what the job description is .... I could see him wanting to make changes and getting push back from the current coaches, may not be a fun time for him much like MacDonald and Holland.
Hopefully not and I'm just being pessimisticFor a single coach to make a change he really needs to be a selector too. I doubt that happens
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@Duluth you'd hope with him being on the outside watching this unfold for 2 years, along with NZR supposedly aware of the issues there would be a bit of pressure on Razor to make some changes to how they do things, you'd hope
Hope or hopeless...
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Extraordinary. Holland has gone from the AB coaching group back to the Canes as an asisstant coach. Man, think of the paycut!
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/11/jason-holland-quickly-swaps-all-blacks-for-hurricanes/ -
@nzzp said in All Blacks 2026:
Extraordinary. Holland has gone from the AB coaching group back to the Canes as an asisstant coach. Man, think of the paycut!
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/11/jason-holland-quickly-swaps-all-blacks-for-hurricanes/(With no actual knowledge at all) I'm not even sure it's a pay cut, rather than just get rid of him NZR has just moved him inside the organisation. I wouldn't be surprised if he's on the same money.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks 2026:
@nzzp said in All Blacks 2026:
Extraordinary. Holland has gone from the AB coaching group back to the Canes as an asisstant coach. Man, think of the paycut!
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/11/jason-holland-quickly-swaps-all-blacks-for-hurricanes/(With no actual knowledge at all) I'm not even sure it's a pay cut, rather than just get rid of him NZR has just moved him inside the organisation. I wouldn't be surprised if he's on the same money.
aren't the Canes a bit bankrupt? Running ongoing deficits at the moment? I would be shocked if a Super assistant got anything like the same money as an AB coach.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks 2026:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2026:
@nzzp said in All Blacks 2026:
Extraordinary. Holland has gone from the AB coaching group back to the Canes as an asisstant coach. Man, think of the paycut!
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/11/jason-holland-quickly-swaps-all-blacks-for-hurricanes/(With no actual knowledge at all) I'm not even sure it's a pay cut, rather than just get rid of him NZR has just moved him inside the organisation. I wouldn't be surprised if he's on the same money.
aren't the Canes a bit bankrupt? Running ongoing deficits at the moment? I would be shocked if a Super assistant got anything like the same money as an AB coach.
Yeah, they're a basket case which should be disbanded and replaced by a fiscally responsible team based in Hawkes Bay.
But, setting that aside, I think he'll just be getting paid out of a broader NZR pool rather than just the Canes assigned pool of money for crappy coaches.
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Surely alarm bells are ringing at NZR.
Perhaps they're being drowned out by the claxons!
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@Nepia said in All Blacks 2026:
(With no actual knowledge at all)
and to think you are posting on the Fern!
I'm not even sure it's a pay cut, rather than just get rid of him NZR has just moved him inside the organisation.
Then it's a serious waste of money, isn't it?
I wouldn't be surprised if he's on the same money.
Maybe but I doubt it. But it is a stunning fall from being an assistant AB coach..
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2026:
Surely alarm bells are ringing at NZR.
Perhaps they're being drowned out by the claxons!
They've already sent out Lendrum to try to beat it down, which doesn't look like panic at all....
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