Tony Brown appointed Head Coach of Highlanders for 2017

Tony Brown has been appointed Head Coach of the Highlanders for 2017, with Scott McLeod and Mark Hammett appointed as Assistant Coaches.

Brown, who has been Assistant Coach to Jamie Joseph since 2014, will be joined next year by fellow former All Blacks Scott McLeod who will continue as Assistant Coach and experienced Super Rugby coach Mark Hammett set to return to the South Island as a new Highlanders Assistant Coach.

Brown, who is the former coach of Otago and Japanese club, the Panasonic Knights, will return to Japan in 2018 to take up a role with the Japanese national team, while McLeod and Hammett have both signed through to 2019.