Vern Cotter's leaving the Blues at the end of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season to join the Reds, ruling him out of the search for a new All Blacks head coach.
Outspoken Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has taken to social media to address rumours of Tony Brown's links to the now vacant All Black coaching role.
Having stood in the shoes of an All Blacks coach under a similar cloud, Otago rugby great Laurie Mains says he can empathise with Scott Robertson following his "traumatic" demise.