Canterbury bid fond farewell to ‘future All Black coach’

If the reaction of Canterbury supporters back in his native province is anything to go by, Munster’s appointment of Rob Penney as their new head coach is right on the money.

The thought of losing the man who guided their team to four NPC titles in-a-row, a feat achieved by only two other coaches in New Zealand’s rugby history and one of whom goes by the name of Graham Henry, had message board surfers typing frantically into the Kiwi night as news broke Down Under of Munster’s appointment.

“Noooooooooo not 1 of canterburys fav sons,” began one post on allblacks.com