k that's what I thought guys. Always interesting to gather info and analyze the cultural differences in how one people would perceive a specific event/action, and how another people would take it a completely different way. In NZ, Rugby is a religion so everything needs to be local. Over here, provided the foreign coach speaks French fairly well of course, it'd be alright, unless he's English, for obvious reasons. But we don't really know much about Aussies or Saffers at all in France for e.g., and NZ=Rugby for us, simple as that, and we'd likely welcome a kiwi just about alright, especially with the subsequent results that would come. Not to pass judgment whatsoever, but NZ is a small nation where the people have enormous expectations from their national team, and the 'local community' spirit is everything it seems. France is a country that's been open to immigration for the past century roughly and people have a very easy time here accepting others as their own. Heck, in Rugby for e.g. very few people have a hard time accepting foreigners in the national team. The "France for the French !" attitude has disappeared a long time ago, and now this'll get far too off-topic but a crazy-rough sketch goes French Revolution+ Hippie 1960's emancipation of everything/everybody - it's this typical Gallic free spirit, while Common Wealth nations have kept a very traditional, old school values system where country and identity are everything.
I'm going to bed now.