{"id":9381,"date":"2026-02-24T15:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9381"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:37:12","slug":"scot-robertson-sacked-all-black-coach-to-lead-barbarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9381","title":{"rendered":"Scot Robertson: Sacked All Black coach to lead Barbarians"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sacked New Zealand coach Scott Robertson will return to rugby by taking charge of the Barbarians this summer.<\/b><\/p>\n

Robertson, whose two-year spell with the All Blacks ended in January, will lead the invitational side against world champions South Africa in Port Elizabeth on 20 June, before a match against Wales at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium on 27 June.<\/p>\n

“The Barbarians brings the rugby world together, so it’s special to be a part of it and to honour the jersey,” Robertson said.<\/p>\n

Robertson, who won seven successive Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders between 2017 and 2023, will not be short of options when he chooses to resume his career full-time.<\/p>\n

New Zealand Rugby included a non-compete clause in his severance package which bars Robertson from taking charge of a top-tier Test rival until early 2027.<\/p>\n

However it has been reported, external<\/span><\/a> Robertson would be free to join a rival international team earlier if they have fulfilled their 2026 fixtures against the All Blacks.<\/p>\n

Robertson revealed in 2022, external<\/span><\/a> that his ultimate coaching ambition is to win the Rugby World Cup with both New Zealand and another nation. <\/p>\n

At club level, Prem side Harlequins, who are searching for a figurehead after head coach Danny Wilson departed for Wales at the start of this season, have been linked with the 51-year-old., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Robertson, who has led the Barbarians on four previous occasions, is joined by Argentina head coach Felipe Contepomi in the team’s set-up for this summer’s matches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Sacked New Zealand coach Scott Robertson will return to rugby by taking charge of the Barbarians this summer. Robertson, whose two-year spell with the All Blacks ended in January, will lead the invitational side against world champions South Africa in Port Elizabeth on 20 June, before a match against Wales at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}