World Cup-winning All Blacks coach Graham Henry has been awarded with a knighthood in New Zealand's New Year's Honours list.
Richie McCaw turned down the offer of an immediate knighthood
World Cup-winning All Blacks coach Graham Henry has been awarded with a knighthood in New Zealand's New Year's Honours list.
Sir Graham, as he will now be known, has been rewarded for a 38-year coaching career at all levels of the game by becoming a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
In eight years with Henry at the helm, the All Blacks played 103 Tests and returned a winning average of 85.4 per cent.
The 65-year-old former school teacher, who stepped down as the All Blacks coach after the World Cup final in October, is the latest in a handful of former players and coaches to receive one of New Zealand's highest honours.
Richie McCaw, who captained the All Blacks to their World Cup victory, turned down the offer of an immediate knighthood, saying it did not seem appropriate while he was still playing.
Martin Snedden, chief executive of the Rugby World Cup New Zealand's organising body, is also among the new Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
