Hobbs backs All Blacks’ coaches

New Zealand Rugby Union chairman Jock Hobbs says they have no regrets about re-appointing All Blacks coaches Graham Henry, Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith.

The decision to renew the trio’s deals until the 2011 World Cup before the Tri-Nations kicked off raised eyebrows when it was announced in July, particularly given the All Blacks’ sub-standard performances against France and Italy in June and the fact the three had contracts which ran to the end of this year.