Gregor Paul Editor & Author

Gregor Paul is The New Zealand Herald's most respected rugby columnist and is a regular contributor to publications around the world. He has won multiple journalism awards for news, features and opinion writing, and is a sought after guest on radio and TV. Gregor has been reporting on Steve Hansen's career since the rugby great was unexpectedly thrust into his Wales coaching role in 2002. He has interviewed Steve on more than a hundred occasions over 16 seasons, including specifically for the purposes of this book. Gregor's journey to cover the All Blacks has taken him all over the world - he reported live from every Bledisloe Cup test during Steve's head coaching tenure, as well as from Samoa, Japan, USA, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, France and Italy. Gregor was born and raised in Scotland, and has lived in Auckland with his wife and three children since 2003.