Brown will officially cross the trench to join the All Blacks’ coaching staff at the beginning of 2028 on an initial two-year contract ... He is going to coach the All Blacks — a team he represented with distinction.
As a kid, when you play rugby, what do you want to do? Play against the All Blacks, face the Haka ... Any kid playing against the All Blacks would see it as a massive opportunity.
Byrne, who was part of the All Blacks coaching staff for their 2011 and 2015 World Cup triumphs, left his post with Fiji at the start of April when the FijianRugby Union (FRU) announced they had “mutually agreed to part ways” with him.
The former All Blacks lock finished as the competition's leading try-scorer and was player of the match in Sunday's 22-13 victory over SpearsTokyo Bay, which marked incoming New Zealand head coach Dave Rennie's last game in charge of the Steelers.
The news that Tony Brown is to join the All Blacks coaching staff in 2028 should not shock anyone, nor should it be greeted with suspicion or concern over a loss of Springbok intellectual property to the "Old Foe".
The All BlacksSevens are on the lookout for a new head coach, with Tomasi Cama stepping away after the end of the current World Series Sevens campaign ... been a difficult year for the All Black Sevens.
SA Rugby announced on Sunday that the former All Black flyhalf will conclude his tenure with the Springboks at the end of the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia before taking up a coaching position with New ZealandRugby.