{"id":343703,"date":"2023-11-03T01:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T02:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=343703"},"modified":"2023-11-03T05:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T05:04:09","slug":"all-blacks-coach-responds-to-wallabies-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=343703","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks coach responds to Wallabies opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outgoing All Blacks<\/a> boss Ian Foster will consider coaching another international team after being linked with the vacant Wallabies job.<\/p>\n

Foster guided New Zealand to the Rugby World Cup final in France, which they lost 12-11 to South Africa in Paris at the weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n

That ended Foster's rollercoaster tenure, with champion Crusaders coach Scott Robertson now taking the reins.<\/p>\n

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\"Coach<\/p>\n

Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh on Tuesday<\/a> said foreigners would be considered to take over from Eddie Jones, while commenting directly on Foster.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Two Kiwis have previously coached \ufeffthe Wallabies – Robbie Deans and Dave Rennie – although RA chairman Hamish McLennan has indicated his preference for an Australian.<\/p>\n

"Obviously Fozzie had a great campaign this year and a pretty close (World Cup) final that probably could have gone either way," Waugh said after Jones quit 10 months into a five year contract.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Waugh<\/p>\n

"We're open to getting the best coach for our system and our team."<\/p>\n

In an interview with Newstalk ZB\ufeff, Foster was directly asked whether he was going to apply for the Wallabies gig.<\/p>\n

"I'm just having a rest at the moment \u2013 I've done well getting out of bed for this interview," Foster said.<\/p>\n

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"I'm not saying anything about my future at the moment \u2013 all I'd say is I haven't spoken to anyone about anything.<\/p>\n

"I've done that deliberately. I had a couple of options before the World Cup where I said 'if you want to talk to me you have to wait until after the World Cup'. Because I don't want this team or this country thinking I was busy trying to sort myself out before the biggest event. I wanted people to know I was 100 per cent focused on the team and and I'd like to think everyone saw that.<\/p>\n

"Now I want to take my time and figure out what's next. The timing's not perfect because a lot of jobs are all gone. That's OK \u2013 I was willing to take that risk."<\/p>\n

Dan McKellar (Leicester), Stephen Larkham (Brumbies) and Michael Cheika (Argentina) are well credentialled Australian candidates.<\/p>\n

Foster was asked if he wanted to coach "at the highest level".<\/p>\n

"That's one of the options," Foster said.<\/p>\n

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"There are a few things \u2013 you've got the club stuff in Europe, you've got Japan and there's the international game.<\/p>\n

"It's immensely difficult talking about trying to coach another country when you've just had 12 years with the best team in the world and so close to my heart.<\/p>\n

"Frankly I just need to breathe a little bit before I go down that path."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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