All Blacks coach Steve Hansen will make a decision on his future before the end of this year.
Hansen has been at the helm since earning promotion from assistant in 2012. In that time he has carved an 88.4 per cent win rate, with the first loss to Ireland in Dublin his eighth across 95 tests in charge.
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has indicated he, too, will make a call on whether to continue after next year's World Cup, or return home to New Zealand, by the end of this month.
Asked what he thought Schmidt would do, Hansen revealed his own mind would soon be made up about whether to stick with the All Blacks beyond 2019 or pass the baton.
"You'd have to ask Joe. We're all going to be making announcements shortly," Hansen said.