12. SCOTT ROBERTSON

He’s just there, hovering, quietly going about his business as - according to many - the best rugby coach in the world.

Unquestionably he’s the most accomplished coach in the world not in charge of a national team, something the more parochial Mainland fans are probably quite pleased about.

Robertson is a dynamic sideline presence and a coach with obvious x-factor. There's that sinking feeling among some observers, however, that NZR are wasting his peak years in a job that he has outgrown.

He accumulates power by doing what he’s done with every job he has taken: winning.