Former Vodafone Flying Fijians captain Greg Smith has been named coach of the New Zealand women’s rugby team.
He replaces Brian Evans who has coached the Black Ferns since 2009, and stood down after their fifth place finish at this year’s World Cup.
Smith is a former Chiefs, Waikato and Fijian international hooker who has been an active coach since hanging up his playing boots in 2005.
For the past two years, Smith has been 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.
As a player, Smith amassed 48 Super Rugby Caps with the Chiefs, ran out 70 times for Waikato and made 46 international appearances for Fiji over nine years and eight of those as captain including two Rugby World Cup tournaments.
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