ALISTAIR ROGERS was part of the the All Blacks’ coaching team to seal backto- back World Cup glory and has already masterminded a defeat of the British & Irish Lions on their tour of New Zealand.
Now the unheralded Welshman and defence chief at Auckland Blues – who beat the Lions 22-16 on Wednesday – has opened the door for a return home.
Rogers, a former Neath, Aberavon and Ebbw Vale flanker, left Wales for the Southern Hemisphere in 1999 and has since gone on to call it home. He worked with the world’s best side as performance analyst, and is well thought of in...