New All Blacks coach Scott Robertson and New Zealand Rugby have confirmed the All Blacks management group for 2024.
Robertson and NZR unveiled the new group in a statement this morning, which features seven members who carry over from the previous management team under Ian Foster. Eight members have prior experience with senior international teams, and 11 also have come from Super Rugby Pacific management roles in 2023.
"I’d like to welcome everyone to what is a special team of highly skilled individuals," Robertson said.
"It is a real privilege to represent our country and I’m proud of the group that we have assembled. They are all at the top of their craft and bring some incredible expertise with them.
"I know how hard each person has been working, and will continue to work, as we build towards our first season together. A massive focus for us is to do the jersey proud and build on an amazing legacy."
Along with the previously-announced coaching group of Jason Holland (backs), Jason Ryan (forwards), Leon Macdonald (attack) and Scott Hansen (defence), current Crusaders assistant Tamati Ellison completes the brain hive as contact skills coach, focusing on the tackle and breakdown area. Ellison will take up this role while keeping his Crusaders position.
Coaching great Sir Wayne Smith will support the group as a performance coach - a move announced back in May which also has him assisting the Black Ferns.
“We are extremely excited by the mix of top international coaching and management experience, and high quality new personnel, in the team supporting Scott,” said NZR general manager for professional rugby Chris Lendrum.
“We strongly believe that these are the best people to carry the All Blacks’ legacy forward and enhance it further in the coming years.
“We have worked closely with Scott and his team in creating some new roles and are excited to see what this group can achieve.”
The All Blacks team manager is Paul McLaughlan, a former police sergeant who has previously managed the Highlanders and Wallabies and also spent five years with the New Zealand under-20 team.
McLaughlan will be joined in a senior management role by former Tall Fern Megan Compain, who takes on a newly created role as the team’s commercial manager. After an impressive sporting career in which she became the first Kiwi to play in the WNBA and played in two Olympics, she then moved into marketing with Adidas and previously worked with NZR between 2010-2020 in senior sponsorship and commercial roles.
Ceri Evans, a consultant psychiatrist, takes the role of head of leadership and mental performance. The former All White brings plenty of high performance experience to the table, having been involved with the All Blacks since 2010 as well as Formula One and NBA teams.
The newcomers will join the likes of longtime head of performance Nic Gill and communications manager Matt Manukia who have been retained after Foster's departure.
2024 All Blacks Management
Scott Robertson (Head Coach)
Jason Ryan (Assistant Coach - Forwards)
Leon MacDonald (Assistant Coach - Attack)
Scott Hansen (Assistant Coach - Defence)
Jason Holland (Assistant Coach - Backs)
Tamati Ellison (Contact Skills Coach)
Wayne Smith (Performance Coach)
Jamie Hamilton (Head Performance Analyst)
Al Beeton (Assistant Performance Analyst)
Jon Gardner (Assistant Performance Analyst)
Ceri Evans (Head of Leadership + Mental Performance)
Nic Gill (Head of Performance)
Adam Hay (Performance Scientist)
Martin Swan (Doctor)
Karl McDonald (Lead Physiotherapist)
Teresa Te Tamaki (Assistant Physiotherapist)
Kat Darry (Dietician)
Paul McLaughlan (Team Manager)
Megan Compain (Commercial Manager)
James Iversen (Logistics Manager)
Matt Manukia (Communications Manager)
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