All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has won coach of the year three times previously. Photo / Brett Phibbs
The All Blacks and coach Steven Hansen have once again been shortlisted for World Rugby awards but ultimately Sunday's Rugby World final against Australia will decide the award winners.
The All Blacks have been nominated for team of the year alongside fellow finalists the Wallabies, semi-finalists Argentina and Japan, who
caused the biggest shock in the tournament's history by beating South Africa on the opening weekend.
The men at the helm of those four nations - Hansen, Michael Cheika (Australia), Daniel Hourcade (Argentina) and Eddie Jones (Japan) - are nominated for coach of the year.
The All Blacks have won the team of the year award for the last five straight years and eight times since 2005. Hansen has been coach of the year every year since 2012.
Australia has only previously won team of the year once, in 2001.
