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Whiffin steps up for Highlanders

By JON NEWCOMBE

EXCLUSIVE
Richard Whiffin is hugely excited at the prospect of becoming the first Englishman to coach a New Zealand franchise in Super Rugby.
Whiffin has landed a plum job as head coach Clarke Dermody’s righthand man at the Highlanders, replacing Tony Brown as attack coach of the Dunedin-based outfit in 2023.
The Highlanders finished as the lowest-placed Kiwi team in the last Super Rugby season and have turned to Whiffin, currently in New Zealand as Wales Women’s skills coach at RWC 2021, as a fresh source of inspiration.
“The Kiwi guys over here say I am the first Englis...

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