Alan Ponting has been named coach of the New Zealand women’s national team
After the selection assistant position, Bunting will be responsible for the Black Ferns.
By Le Figaro with AFP
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The New Zealand Rugby Union on Friday put Alan Bunting in charge of the women’s national team, the Rugby World Champions Black Ferns.
Ponting coached New Zealand’s women’s sevens team when they won gold at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The 47-year-old replaces Wayne Smith, who left after New Zealand won the Women’s Rugby World Cup on home soil in October, the Lions’ sixth World Cup. Title.
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The host country managed to win 34-31 in the final to end their 30-match unbeaten run. “Now it is our responsibility as a team, an organization and a country to build on this foundation and further develop our legacy.Bunting said.
He applauded Smith, who was named 2022 FIFA World Coach of the Year after turning the team around a year after the Black Ferns lost all four matches on a tour of England and France. “Smithy“He was instrumental in that game, but more importantly he gave women’s rugby a special gift,” Ponting said of his predecessor.
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