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Clayton McMillan named All Blacks XV head coach for Europe tour

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Chiefs head coach Clayton McMillan has been named the 2024 All Blacks XV coach for the team’s European tour, set to take place in early November.

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McMillan, who has led the Chiefs to back-to-back Super Rugby Pacific final appearances, succeeds Leon MacDonald in the role after acting as his assistant in the All Blacks XV environment in both 2022 and 2023.

He will be joined by fellow Chiefs coach David Hill as attack coach and Hurricanes coaching duo Jamie Mackintosh as forwards coach and Cory Jane as defence coach.

“The ability to work with different coaches and players is hugely valuable, and the team will be exposed to different levels and styles of rugby up north. It’s great to have three highly regarded Assistants in David, Jamie and Cory,” McMillan said.

“Cory and Jamie had a great season with the Hurricanes in Super Rugby Pacific, while David has been with the All Blacks for several seasons so to have his knowledge and understanding of that environment is critical.

“Preparations are well underway for the tour north, I spent last week with the All Blacks to see how they operate and had some good discussions around selections for the All Blacks XV with the squad announcement coming next week.”

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The All Blacks XV will face Munster on November 2 at Thomond Park, Limerick, before heading to Montpellier to face Georgia on November 10 (local time).

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“Munster is sold out, so we’re set for a great match up in front of passionate fans there and Georgia is a competitive team, they came close to Australia (40-29) and beat Japan (25-23) in July so we’re expecting an intense clash.”

The 2024 tour will be the All Blacks XV’s third after travelling to the UK and Japan in their opening two campaigns. The importance of the side was highlighted by New Zealand Rugby’s Head of High Performance Mike Anthony.

“These matches are an opportunity for our next tier of talent to experience different playing styles and get exposure to overseas touring,” Anthony said.

“Clayton has been with the programme since its inception and he and the wider coaching team bring a broad range of experience from different Super Rugby environments. I look forward to working with them and the All Blacks XV management team as we continue to build depth of talent.

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“The alignment with the All Blacks is also a critical piece as we commence a new RWC cycle.”

The All Blacks XV team will be named alongside the All Blacks’ 36-man Nothern Tour squad next Monday.

All Blacks XV 2024 Management Team
Head Coach – Clayton McMillan
Forwards Coach – Jamie Mackintosh
Attack Coach – David Hill
Defence Coach – Cory Jane
Team Manager – Martyn Vercoe
Strength and Conditioning Coach – Brad Mayo
Performance Analyst – Adam Foy
Team Doctor – Theo Dorfling
Team Physio – Neil Tucker

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AD 181 days ago

Great to see Jamie Mackintosh there


The Canes forward pack has improved dramatically since he's been on board

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MattJH 182 days ago

Excellent appointment. Mad respect for Clayton.

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JW 2 hours ago
Why Les Kiss and Stuart Lancaster can lead Australia to glory

It is now 22 years since Michael Lewis published his groundbreaking treatise on winning against the odds

I’ve never bothered looking at it, though I have seen a move with Clint as a scout/producer. I’ve always just figured it was basic stuff for the age of statistics, is that right?

Following the Moneyball credo, the tailor has to cut his cloth to the material available

This is actually a great example of what I’m thinking of. This concept has abosolutely nothing to do with Moneyball, it is simple being able to realise how skillsets tie together and which ones are really revelant.


It sounds to me now like “moneyball” was just a necessity, it was like scienctest needing to come up with some random experiment to make all the other world scholars believe that Earth was round. The American sporting scene is very unique, I can totally imagine one of it’s problems is rich old owners not wanting to move with the times and understand how the game has changed. Some sort of mesiah was needed to convert the faithful.


While I’m at this point in the article I have to say, now the NRL is a sport were one would stand up and pay attention to the moneyball phenom. Like baseball, it’s a sport of hundreds of identical repetitions, and very easy to data point out.

the tailor has to cut his cloth to the material available and look to get ahead of an unfair game in the areas it has always been strong: predictive intelligence and rugby ‘smarts’

Actually while I’m still here, Opta Expected Points analysis is the one new tool I have found interesting in the age of data. Seen how the random plays out as either likely, or unlikely, in the data’s (and algorithms) has actually married very closely to how I saw a lot of contests pan out.


Engaging return article Nick. I wonder, how much of money ball is about strategy as apposed to picks, those young fella’s got ahead originally because they were picking players that played their way right? Often all you here about is in regards to players, quick phase ruck ball, one out or straight up, would be were I’d imagine the best gains are going to be for a data driven leap using an AI model of how to structure your phases. Then moving to tactically for each opposition.

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