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  Speaker 2: today and stay in the game. We have a new
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  Speaker 2: All Blacks head coach. His name is Dave Rennie. He
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  Speaker 2: will lead the All Blacks through until the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: seven Rugby World Cup. The announcement coming from New Zealand
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  Speaker 2: Rugby this morning. If you're just joining us on this
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  Speaker 2: emergency podcast, We've been waiting for this announcement. We had
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  Speaker 2: heard that Wednesday was a possibility, maybe Thursday, possibly even Friday,
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  Speaker 2: but we thought it was coming this week and sure
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  Speaker 2: enough it has. Dave Rennie, who was of course former
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  Speaker 2: Wallaby's coach, Chiefs coach Glasgow Coaching, among others, will take
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  Speaker 2: charge of the All Blacks through until next year's Rugby
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  Speaker 2: World Cup. Am I surprised and I don't think I am?
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  Speaker 2: I think Rennie in the last couple of weeks had
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  Speaker 2: been firming as the insider for this role and Jamie
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  Speaker 2: Joseph was maybe the outsider for this coaching role. We
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  Speaker 2: know in the last couple of weeks that the All
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  Speaker 2: Blacks Panel or members of the All Blacks Coaching selection
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  Speaker 2: panel had been down to the Highlanders of observed Jamie Joseph.
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  Speaker 2: Then they went up to Japan a couple of members
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  Speaker 2: and observed Dave Rennie up there as well. Then ultimately
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  Speaker 2: it came down to a couple of interviews this week
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  Speaker 2: with New Zealand Rugby, the coaching panel and the board
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  Speaker 2: and ultimately they have settled on Dave Rennie as the
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  Speaker 2: head coach. I think with the short runway through to
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  Speaker 2: the World Cup, Dave Rennie's record of quickly instilling the
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  Speaker 2: team culture and getting them back on track would have
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  Speaker 2: been something that would have been on the minds of
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  Speaker 2: the All Blacks coaching panel. You think back to twenty
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  Speaker 2: twelve or late twenty eleven when he took over as
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  Speaker 2: the Chiefs from munaw two. He was able to instill
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  Speaker 2: winning culture there very much connected to multi culture and
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  Speaker 2: the roots of the Waikato and brought this team together magnificently.
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  Speaker 2: A few under twenty players like Aaron Cruden that had
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  Speaker 2: worked with before, Robbie Robinson, other players as well, and
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  Speaker 2: it certainly wasn't you know, you know, the luxury of
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  Speaker 2: like an All Blacks leyden Field that he could call on,
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  Speaker 2: But it was players that he was able to develop
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  Speaker 2: that then tuned into All Blacks. So someone like Brodie
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  Speaker 2: Retelle quickly became an All Black on the strength of
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  Speaker 2: Dave when he's coaching. So I think with the short
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  Speaker 2: runway through to the Rugby World Cup, the ability to
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  Speaker 2: set that culture quickly is something that would have impressed
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  Speaker 2: the All Blacks coaching panel and given them food for thought.
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  Speaker 2: You know, He's also seen around other environments as well,
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  Speaker 2: most recently at Kobe in Japan where he's coached Ardie Sarvia,
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  Speaker 2: which may well have played a big role in this
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  Speaker 2: as well. The Wallabies tenure ended in a bit of
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  Speaker 2: a disaster from his perspective when he was acts for
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  Speaker 2: Eddie Jones, but arguably it got worse later in the
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  Speaker 2: year when they failed to get out of their pool
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  Speaker 2: stage at that Rugby World Cup. So you know, internationally,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a little bit green maybe compared to Jamie
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  Speaker 2: Joseph with only that three years experience twenty twenty two
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  Speaker 2: late twenty twenty two in charge of the Wallabies. That
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  Speaker 2: did include a loss to Italy of course as well.
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  Speaker 2: But all than all this is that I've heard about
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  Speaker 2: the Wallabies was that Davey was really, really respective and
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  Speaker 2: there are a lot of players sad to see him
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  Speaker 2: go when he was actsd for Eddie Jones in that
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  Speaker 2: hit and run mission through to the Rugby World Cup
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  Speaker 2: previously to that Glasgow after leaving the Chiefs in twenty sixteen,
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  Speaker 2: and it was also coached at New Zealand under twenties
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  Speaker 2: level as well. But make no mistake about this, this
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  Speaker 2: is to use the term a hit and run mission
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  Speaker 2: through until the Rugby World Cup twenty twenty seven. He's
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  Speaker 2: going to have seventeen matches this year. First is on
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  Speaker 2: July fourth against France, then games obviously against Italy and Ireland,
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  Speaker 2: then that huge tour of South Africa with the four
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  Speaker 2: tour matches and the four Tests against the world champion
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  Speaker 2: spring Box, a couple against the Wallaby is then an
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  Speaker 2: end of year tour and then a Rugby Championship to
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  Speaker 2: go around after that as well. Next year ahead of
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  Speaker 2: the World Cup, and maybe warm up test there. So
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  Speaker 2: it's not a long runway whoever was going to take charge.
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  Speaker 2: It's less of a runway with Dave Rennie because he
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  Speaker 2: is going to see out his Kobe commitments, which will
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  Speaker 2: likely end around late May potentially. At this stage they're
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  Speaker 2: on track to make the playoffs, maybe early June, so
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  Speaker 2: he's going to have a lot of work to do.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm sure you're about to go to the media
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  Speaker 2: conference in the next week while, but I'm sure he'll
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  Speaker 2: say his focused is fully on Kobe. But you'd have
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  Speaker 2: to think he's going to have to spend some of
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  Speaker 2: his waking hours chewing over Super Rugby tape from New
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  Speaker 2: Zealand and observing those players. The one question we do
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  Speaker 2: have is around the coaches that are going to be
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  Speaker 2: joining him in the setup, and the line from the
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  Speaker 2: New Zealand Rugby media release is in Zia will now
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  Speaker 2: work with Rennie to confirm the wider All Blacks coaching
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  Speaker 2: and management team. Updates will be provided in the coming weeks.
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  Speaker 2: To me, I think Dave Rennie is going to go
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  Speaker 2: with people he trusts, people that he has worked with
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  Speaker 2: before to take charge in this job. He hasn't got
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  Speaker 2: time to interview assistance, to take punts on people, to
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  Speaker 2: bring people through. He either knows he can work with
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  Speaker 2: him or he can't, and I think that's where we're
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  Speaker 2: probably going to see him bring a lot of the
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  Speaker 2: former Chiefs coaches in. Andrew Strawbridge has been well connected
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  Speaker 2: with Dave Rennie for a number of years. Someone like
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  Speaker 2: Neil Barnes, the Taranaki coach, has been linked with these
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  Speaker 2: roles as well. He's worked with Dave Rennie at the Chiefs.
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  Speaker 2: You know, other coaches maybe at Kobe that he's worked
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  Speaker 2: with as well, or Glaves go through the seasons too.
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  Speaker 2: There will be names I think that he is comfortable
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  Speaker 2: working with because the last thing that he wants to
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  Speaker 2: do is get in there in June and decide, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like it happened a couple of years ago with the
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  Speaker 2: All Blacks that he couldn't work with a member of
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  Speaker 2: the All Blacks coaching stuff. So I think it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be nervous times for the incumbents and the coaching stuff,
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  Speaker 2: as it has probably been since January fifteen sixteen, whenever
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  Speaker 2: the announcement initial dropped from New Zealand Rugby that Scott
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  Speaker 2: Robertson has gone. The word was that Jamie Rinnie, Jamie
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  Speaker 2: Joseph excuse me, was more comfortable working with the incumbent
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  Speaker 2: assistant staff and maybe bring on a couple of faces.
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  Speaker 2: What of Jamie Joseph, Well, you know, I think the
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  Speaker 2: tag old School had been applied to him, maybe a
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  Speaker 2: little bit unfairly. Obviously had a lot of success, but
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  Speaker 2: when it emerged and was confirmed that Tony Brown couldn't
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  Speaker 2: get out of his South African contract, I think there
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  Speaker 2: was a blow for Jamie Joseph and his hopes. Otherwise
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  Speaker 2: a pretty compelling package that he would have been able
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  Speaker 2: to put together. I think Jamie Joseph has been a
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  Speaker 2: positive for New Zealand Rugby in terms of having him
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  Speaker 2: back at the hinders. Ultimately he has missed out on
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  Speaker 2: this role. Could he stick around with the All Blacks
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  Speaker 2: fifteen for another couple of years there were to a
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  Speaker 2: no doubt end of this year and maybe next year
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  Speaker 2: as well. Is that something he wants to do or
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  Speaker 2: will he set his sights on coaching roles abroad in
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  Speaker 2: the mirror go round that might happen there. I don't
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  Speaker 2: think he's done with international coaching as yet. But I
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  Speaker 2: think there's a bit of water to go under the bridge.
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  Speaker 2: But ultimately I think this was a culture question and
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  Speaker 2: how quickly can you get someone in place building a
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  Speaker 2: culture for the Rugby World Cup, And they've decided that
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  Speaker 2: Dave Rennie is the person to do that with the
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  Speaker 2: All Blacks through until the twenty twenty seven Rugby World Cup.
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  Speaker 2: That's a quick edition of Rugby Direct. We plan to
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  Speaker 2: be back later in the day and have Liam Napier
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  Speaker 2: back on Rugby Direct and analyzing this decision from New
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  Speaker 2: Zealand Rugby as well as a bit of reaction from
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  Speaker 2: the media conference as well. But for now that is
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