View from NZ: Who is Clayton McMillan and what can Munster fans expect from new coach?

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View from NZ: Who is Clayton McMillan and what can Munster fans expect from new coach?
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McMillan has established himself as arguably the next All Blacks coach-in-waiting

later this year caused as much surprise in New Zealand as it obviously did in Ireland, but for vastly different reasons.

Cognizant Classic lowdown: The purse, the field, the course as Shane Lowry and Séamus Power tee off on PGA TourLe Bombe Equipe and the French 7-1 split promises Ireland a battle of collisionsHe didn’t say, when speaking to New Zealand media hours after his impending departure was announced, that he was taking the Munster job to enhance his prospects of one day becoming the All Blacks coach, but he certainly didn’t do much to dispel the feeling that he’s heading to Ireland to put another...

Born in Perth, his Australian mother died from cancer when he was six months old, so he returned to the ancestral home of his Māori father, Rotorua, where he was brought up by his aunt. And it was in 2021 when Kiwis first came to take him seriously as he stepped into the head coaching role that year as Gatland had pre-agreed to coach the British and Irish Lions, and took the Chiefs to the final of Super Rugby Aotearoa.

And this is what Munster will find – McMillan knows how to take charge and rebuild a team from the ground up.

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