Update: 6:07PM FORMER Flying Fijian captain Greg Smith was appointed the head coach of the New Zealand Black Ferns team through to the next Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2017.
The former Waikato Chiefs
hooker was previously a resource coach for the Black Ferns, and recently was an
assistant coach to Manu Samoa.
He coached in Japan for
five years, and held a number of provincial coaching roles including time as a
specialist resource coach for the Chiefs.
Smith played 46 times for Fiji over nine years, eight of them as captain, going to two world cups.
He also amassed 49 Super Rugby caps for the Chiefs and played 70 times for Waikato.
New Zealand Rugby General
Manager Rugby Neil Sorensen confirmed Smith would take up his appointment next month.
