{"id":16838,"date":"2026-03-04T14:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16838"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:50:36","slug":"dave-rennie-named-as-new-all-blacks-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16838","title":{"rendered":"Dave Rennie named as new All Blacks coach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rennie on how his family reacted to the news<\/h4>\n
Dave Rennie, who has three sons, says they are proud of him.”The wife was yawning because I woke her up,” Rennie says.<\/p>\n

“The boys are really proud, they knew I was coming home.”<\/p>\n

He says his plan was to return to Palmerston North, spend time with family and be an assistant coach at Manawat\u016b.<\/p>\n

“They [his sons] said don’t turn down an opportunity to apply just for us because you’re going to be back in New Zealand anyway. So, I’ll see a lot more of them…<\/p>\n

“Their support is massive.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rennie is confident All Blacks can win World Cup<\/h4>\n

New head coach Dave Rennie is confident he can take the All Blacks to a Rugby World Cup win.<\/p>\n

“The answer’s yes,” Rennie tells reporters. “It will take a hell of a lot of work.”<\/p>\n

“It’s a sprint from here.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Rennie on All Blacks Captaincy<\/h4>\n

Dave Rennie\u00a0says he is keen to chat with captain Scott Barrett, but a decision on captaincy isn’t at the front of his mind right now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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‘I’m ready for it’<\/h4>\n

Dave Rennie says being the All Blacks head coach was his dream job.<\/p>\n

“I’m ready for it,” he tells reporters.<\/p>\n

“I’ve coached across the world, I’ve worked with some fantastic people and I’ve learnt a lot.”<\/p>\n

“I’m excited to come back home and do the jersey justice.”<\/p>\n

He says he is aware of the expectations and scrutiny that come with the job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Joseph congratulated Rennie on job<\/h4>\n

Dave Rennie said he received a message from Jamie Joseph, a rumoured front-runner for the role, congratulating him on the new job.<\/p>\n

“I really appreciate his message.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Rennie on becoming All Blacks head coach<\/h4>\n

All Blacks’ new head coach Dave Rennie says he is “really excited” by the role.<\/p>\n

He says it was “pretty special” to tell his family, including his three sons, of his appointment.<\/p>\n

He is confident they will “hit the ground running” when he takes up the role in June.<\/p>\n

“It’s not an easy job to get a hold of, there are so many good coaches in New Zealand,” he says.<\/p>\n

“Timing is everything, and I was planning to come home after nine years of being away… To be based back in New Zealand is awesome.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Rennie was unanimously chosen as new head coach<\/h4>\n

NZ Rugby chair David Kirk says there was a unanimous endorsement of Dave Rennie as the new coach.<\/p>\n

He says five people were chosen to undertake the selection of the job for the head coach process, including himself.<\/p>\n

He says they visited candidates in their own environment, including heading to Japan, where Rennie coaches the Kobelco Kobe Steelers.<\/p>\n

He added the interviews with candidates were three to four hours long each.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Phil Gifford on Rennie’s appointment<\/h4>\n

Veteran sports journalist and broadcaster Phil Gifford says Dave Rennie’s appointment was a little bit of a surprise.<\/p>\n

“It was always going to be a very close race, but I must admit, hands up, I thought Jamie Joseph was going to get the job,” he tells RNZ’s Afternoons.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t have any huge preference either way, personally, but I thought having coached the All Blacks XV… that Jamie Joseph would have had the inside running.”<\/p>\n

He says Rennie’s coaching style involves culture.<\/p>\n

“He did this wonderful thing… where he got the players together in Hamilton and says ‘okay you’ve got to hitch-hike to Whakat\u0101ne and you’ve got 10 bucks each and I’ll meet ya there’.”<\/p>\n

“… He will have the team playing very much for each other.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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David Rennie has been named the new All Blacks coach, beating out Jamie Joseph for what many call the most pressured job in world rugby. The former Chiefs and Wallabies coach will lead the national team through to the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia Rennie also becomes the first All Blacks coach with Pasifika heritage. For reaction veteran sports journalist and broadcaster Phil Gifford chats to Jesse.<\/p>\n

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Rennie on how his family reacted to the news Dave Rennie, who has three sons, says they are proud of him.”The wife was yawning because I woke her up,” Rennie says. “The boys are really proud, they knew I was coming home.” He says his plan was to return to Palmerston North, spend time with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,222,174,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-latest-news","category-nz-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16846,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16838\/revisions\/16846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}