26 May 2023

Sports chat: Wayne Smith lured back to NZR

From Checkpoint, 5:21 pm on 26 May 2023

Former Black Ferns and All Blacks coach Wayne Smith has been lured back to New Zealand Rugby in a new role.

As a performance coach he'll mentor and support the incoming All Blacks coach Scott Robertson and his successor as Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting.

He officially takes on the job in November and wants to challenge the coaches to think differently.

Sports reporter Felicity Reid has more.