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Would the NZ public/teams welcome a South African coach in any of their teams ?
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 999878" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I think this is where SA and NZ have been the most "traditional" in sticking to their core rugby philosophies. The Coaches.</p><p></p><p>In SA's history, we've only had I think 3 New Zealanders coaching SA teams, Laurie Mains, John Mitchell and John Plumtree. And all 3 of them were living in SA for quite a long time.</p><p></p><p>But if I look at the current crop of SA coaches, there isn't really a lot of guys putting their hands up to be the kind of caliber to coach a NZ team. I think Johan Ackerman, Jake White, Johan van Graan and Franco Smith are the only guys who might do a good job in NZ, but these guys are already getting the big bucks where they are coaching now.</p><p></p><p>I think it's more than just coaching though, it's about culture, structures, language barriers and a whole bunch of other things too.</p><p></p><p>Maybe an assistant coach? but I can't see any of our guys becoming a head coach any time soon in NZ.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 999878, member: 40658"] I think this is where SA and NZ have been the most "traditional" in sticking to their core rugby philosophies. The Coaches. In SA's history, we've only had I think 3 New Zealanders coaching SA teams, Laurie Mains, John Mitchell and John Plumtree. And all 3 of them were living in SA for quite a long time. But if I look at the current crop of SA coaches, there isn't really a lot of guys putting their hands up to be the kind of caliber to coach a NZ team. I think Johan Ackerman, Jake White, Johan van Graan and Franco Smith are the only guys who might do a good job in NZ, but these guys are already getting the big bucks where they are coaching now. I think it's more than just coaching though, it's about culture, structures, language barriers and a whole bunch of other things too. Maybe an assistant coach? but I can't see any of our guys becoming a head coach any time soon in NZ. [/QUOTE]
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