The latter was knocked back three times before finally ascending to the position in 1996, the right man to lead the All Blacks into the professional age. Jones played under three All Blacks coaches – Alex ‘Grizz’ Wyllie, Laurie Mains and John Hart. The Crusaders could have made a statement as a force for good. I don’t criticise them for shoulder-tapping all the people they have, because you never know until you ask sometimes.” When Brad Meurant was with North Harbour, he was flown down to Wellington for an interview. Back in the day, they always contacted all the NPC coaches to apply. “Calling on several candidates to apply is the way they’ve always done it. The option of Razor to change direction might be a good thing, but it will come down to who his team is.” That hard-nosed directness of Jamie and the inventiveness of Brown might have been a good fit. “I was excited by the potential of Jamie Joseph and Tony Brown, but that didn’t pan out. Several withdrew from the running, of course. Jones does not see anything abnormal in having 26 original candidates whittled down to two credible contenders. #AllBlacks #Fiji #Tonga #SamoaĪ post shared by RugbyPass on at 1:21am PST If it’s Razor, then we’ll all be in for a helluva journey, and that will be exciting too,” says Jones.Ĭountries like Fiji, Samoa and Tonga would certainky benefit. NZR is a conservative lot historically and they haven’t often deviated from that status quo. That’s exciting for the public, because this is New Zealand’s team, not just the union’s. “He will bring a new direction and purpose. The last time New Zealand Rugby made a clean break with the previous regime was in 2003-04 when Graham Henry ousted John Mitchell. Robertson represents the new breed with a new broom. What does it take to become an All Black 10? New Zealand looks for a specific type, and it seems to produce a lot of them. What did we learn from the losses and how did we improve? Foster was part of all that.”
Hansen’s record was amazing, but you need to look at the last two years from the Lions tour. If he’s at the top of his game, is he going to improve? That might be a wake-up call. “On the flip side, Steve Hansen told us that Foster was coaching at the peak of his powers and yet we got spanked by England.
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