JEREMY GUSCOTT
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK

The decision by New Zealand to announce a new coach of the All Blacks before a four-year cycle has ended is quite sensational. As a neutral, you feel a bit for current coach Ian Foster going into the 2023 World Cup, with Scott Robertson named already as his successor as soon as the tournament is over.
However, when the win rate drops there is no nation where your lack of success will register more quickly than in New Zealand, and Foster’s 67 per cent is the worst in the professional era – and well behind the win ratios of Steve Hans...