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"Timing hasn't worked": Tony Brown reveals frustrations around All Blacks coaching saga

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Thu, 22 Jan 2026, 8:21am
Tony Brown, the South Africa assistant coach, looks on during the Autumn Nations Series 2025 match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France on November 08, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
Tony Brown, the South Africa assistant coach, looks on during the Autumn Nations Series 2025 match between France and South Africa at the Stade de France on November 08, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

"Timing hasn't worked": Tony Brown reveals frustrations around All Blacks coaching saga

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Publish Date
Thu, 22 Jan 2026, 8:21am

Tony Brown has admitted to frustrations around the vacant All Blacks coaching role. 

The former first-five has confirmed he intends to honour his contract as an assistant with South Africa, rather than make himself available for inclusion in any New Zealand group. 

Brown was a part of Jamie Joseph's pitch for the job in 2023, which lost out to Scott Robertson. 

Brown revealed to Mike Hosking that Robertson sounded him out about joining the All Blacks a couple of months ago. 

But he says his commitment to South Africa was four years and he鈥檚 always wanted to honour that. 

鈥淚鈥檓 just so frustrated that no one talked to me two years ago.鈥  

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