All Blacks 2026
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@Duluth said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
Yep paying out 3 coaches for 2 years
It depends if they have meet all the standards required of them in their contracts. There's scenarios where payouts wouldn't be needed
Not paying them out maybe very tricky for NZR.The meet all standards would have to be outlined in their contracts in great detail,
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@xman said in All Blacks 2026:
If Robertson is sacked, the pressure on the next coach will be enormous to get better results. If the next coach loses the South Africa tour, loses the Bledisloe, loses the Eden Park streak, then what does NZR do? Don’t just assume Jamie Joseph will be the saviour of the All Blacks. Coaching Japan where you’re not expected to win, versus coaching the All Blacks where you’re expected to win every game is different level of pressure.
It will bring massive pressure in a very tough year ahead for a new coach.
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@Jimmy-Jimmy said in All Blacks 2026:
Does anyone know where JJ is right now ?
Wellington, hopefully.as head coach of the Highlanders going to say hes doing preseason in dunedin
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Would love to see Cotter involved, he would help keep some of the more senior players on a shorter leash I think
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@george33 said in All Blacks 2026:
@xman not sure if JJ is in the mix yet .
Other options available apparently.Like whom? The absolute absence of details doesn't embue me with confidence. On the contrary it reads like someone just putting rambling thoughts to paper.
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@antipodean just saying what I've been told by different people.
Leon McDonald's has been mentioned along with Tony Brown and Barnes.
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Brown would be awesome McDonald a firm no from me he would add nothing he really hasn’t achieved anything as a coach.
Both have contracts longer than 1 year in other countries they could be hard gets.
Barnes sorry ? not sure who we are talking about.unless It is Neil Barnes that would a stretch another coach with not a lot of success not even a head coach at SR level. -
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks 2026:
Would love to see Cotter involved, he would help keep some of the more senior players on a shorter leash I think
Cotter, Joseph, and Schmidt.
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@xman said in All Blacks 2026:
If Robertson is sacked, the pressure on the next coach will be enormous to get better results. If the next coach loses the South Africa tour, loses the Bledisloe, loses the Eden Park streak, then what does NZR do? Don’t just assume Jamie Joseph will be the saviour of the All Blacks. Coaching Japan where you’re not expected to win, versus coaching the All Blacks where you’re expected to win every game is different level of pressure.
disagree, Razor has done the next coach a massive favour.
Once it turned out surf jesus wasn't the messiah, the general narrative changed to we don't have the cattle, and other teams have got so much better. Whoever gets the gig next has his excuses written for him.
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@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
Barnes
Stuart popped into my head... which then made me think maybe it's no coincidence the walrus quit his newspaper this week. He's moving into coaching...
Hahaha I would really like to see a Jones / Barnes coaching team for the ABs would be epic.
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@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
Barnes
Stuart popped into my head... which then made me think maybe it's no coincidence the walrus quit his newspaper this week. He's moving into coaching...
Hahaha I would really like to see a Jones / Barnes coaching team for the ABs would be epic.
I've literally just opened my emails and thankfully it's not true.

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@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2026:
@Chris said in All Blacks 2026:
Barnes
Stuart popped into my head... which then made me think maybe it's no coincidence the walrus quit his newspaper this week. He's moving into coaching...
Hahaha I would really like to see a Jones / Barnes coaching team for the ABs would be epic.
I've literally just opened my emails and thankfully it's not true.

Bugger I was getting pumped up for it.
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fuck yeah, even if it's all bullshit it filled in a boring tuesday.
