‘We just feel it hasn’t quite clicked,’ says New Zealand head coach Scott Robertson
New Zealand coach Scott Robertson and attack coach Leon MacDonald before the game against Argentina on August 10th in Wellington. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Imagesassistant coach Leon MacDonald has left the role after being at loggerheads with head coach Scott Robertson over the direction of the team.
A former All Blacks flyhalf and midfielder capped 56 times, MacDonald was one of Robertson's first appointees when he took over the Crusaders after the 2016 season of Super Rugby. The All Blacks opened the season with two scrappy wins over England before fielding a second-string team that thrashed Fiji 47-5 in San Diego.
The governing body’s head of professional rugby and performance, Chris Lendrum, praised both Robertson and MacDonald for a “brave and decisive call” and said he hoped MacDonald would coach again in New Zealand.
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