Cotter didn’t slip into obscurity. But, for many New Zealanders, he remained off the radar. After being told by NZ Rugby that a lack of international coaching experience - Scott Robertson was given the same message when he missed out to Ian Foster in late 2019 - had counted him, Cotter continued earning his bread in France where he was coaching Clermont. That was until 2014, when he was appointed Scotland’s national coach. He remained there until 2017 before returning to France to take over the Montpellier club side. Next stop, New Zealand. Cotter had a farm waiting near Te Puke in the Bay of Plenty and last year began working as Fiji’s head coach.
Press Release – Make Lemonade Otautahi – Most players and the wider public have a real desire to keep the All Blacks entirely New Zealand-owned. The sum of New Zealand rugby will forever be 12.5 percent smaller if it sells that stake to US private equity firm Silver Lake. The …
Otautahi – Most players and the wider public have a real desire to keep the All Blacks entirely New Zealand-owned.
The sum of New Zealand rugby will forever be 12.5 percent smaller if it sells that stake to US private equity firm Silver Lake.
The US company is offering $387.5 million for that slice. NZ Rugby wants the deal to go ahead but is yet to get the support it needs from the Rugby Players’ Association.
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 6:46 am
Otautahi - Most players and the wider
public have a real desire to keep the All Blacks entirely
New Zealand-owned.
The sum of New Zealand rugby will
forever be 12.5 percent smaller if it sells that stake to US
private equity firm Silver Lake.
The US company is
offering $387.5 million for that slice. NZ Rugby wants the
deal to go ahead but is yet to get the support it needs from
the Rugby Players Association.
So why shouldn’t NZR
sell 12.5 percent of its stake to Silver Lake? The problem
is public does not really know the NZR financial position or
Josefa Makaba
Flying Fijians halfback and Melbourne Rebels
player Frank Lomnani. Picture: RWC
Fijians and Melbourne Rebels player Frank Lomani has been shifted to the wing when they run out against Queensland Reds at AAMI Park in Melbourne tomorrow night.
While Lomani has been a regular at halfback for the Rebels in the past two seasons, playing on the wing will not be a new thing for the Nukubalavu, Savusavu lad.
Lomani will team up with fellow Fijian Marika Koroibete on the wings for the Rebels as they face the top team in the Super Rugby AU competition.
Rebels coach Dave Wessels has made some key changes for his run-on side as he plans to stop the Reds’ winning run in the competition.
Sam Darry will make his Super Rugby debut for the Blues on Sunday in their home opener.
The easy option for Sam Darry would have been to stay exactly where he was, in a familiar home city, surrounded by family and friends, immersed in a proven Crusaders rugby development system and just wait for his chances to eventually roll around. But, like the proverbial salmon swimming against the current, the 20-year-old Dunedin-born Cantabrian decided to take the less travelled route and jump off the famous red and black rugby production line to come north to seek opportunity. It is fair to say the easy way does not so much interest this impressive young man as does the right way. And, armed with all the facts and advice a rising rugby prospect could hope for, he made the tough decision to cut his ties with Canterbury and head to the Blues for his Super Rugby.