Kiwis assistants

Kiwis coach David Kidwell has appointed Justin Morgan and Willie Poching as his assistant coaches for next month’s rugby league test against Australia and the Four Nations title defence in the UK. Morgan was an assistant coach for the Warriors last season before being released. Former New Zealand and Samoan international Poching has spent the last 17 years involved in top level rugby league in the UK, the last six as an assistant coach with the Warrington Wolves, Leeds Rhinos and Hull Kingston Rovers. Meanwhile, Brisbane secondrower Alex Glenn will miss New Zealand’s Four Nations campaign after undergoing shoulder surgery yesterday. Glenn had an operation to stabilise his AC joint, after carrying an injury through the back end of the 2016 season. After the predicted four-month recuperation period, he is expected to be fit for the beginning of the 2017 season for the Broncos. Glenn has played 12 games for the Kiwis since making his international debut in 2011.