Wayne Smith documentary - tonight

[Chris B.]

@infidel Yeah - lots of insights - especially around the earlier years.

Wayne doing almost all the talking was different to what I thought it would be.

[Chris B.]

@nepia That's pretty much what Wayne said.

Now, sing it with the Monkees - "Aaiiiiii'm not your stepping stone...."!

[MN5]

[nzzp]

@mn5 said in Wayne Smith documentary - tonight:

shit he was fast!

[MN5]

@nzzp said in Wayne Smith documentary - tonight:

@mn5 said in Wayne Smith documentary - tonight:

shit he was fast!

Extremely. Great fend and swerve too. How the fuck was Caleb Ralph an AB ahead of him?

[Wreck Diver]

@mn5 cause Caleb Ralph played for Canty.

[Wally]

Watched this last night. Saw so many games at which I was a spectator. Very happy memories!
The culture Wayne brought to the Canterbury team continues today in the Crusaders.
Interestingly he praised Grizz as an innovator and an astute tactician. Somewhat at odds with his generally perceived persona.

[Chris B.]

@wally A large number of NZ coaches trace back to that 1980s team of Grizz's - Smith, Hansen and Deans among the second generation, and now a heap in the third generation.

[Wally]

@chris-b

Yep. Mauger, Gibson, Razor, Hammett, Hewitt, MacDonald, Blackadder, Matson, Feek, Somerville.
And, no doubt, a few others.

[canefan]

Finally watched the Wayne Smith doco. What else can you say but "Bloody Legend". What a great watch (apart from his try in Bernie's Corner to take the shield). The back story about him losing the ABs head coach job in 2002, his return, 2007 2011(still hard to watch) and 2015, he is a national rugby treasure

[pukunui]

@canefan said in Wayne Smith documentary - tonight:

Finally watched the Wayne Smith doco. What else can you say but "Bloody Legend". What a great watch (apart from his try in Bernie's Corner to take the shield). The back story about him losing the ABs head coach job in 2002, his return, 2007 2011(still hard to watch) and 2015, he is a national rugby treasure

Funny you should mention 2011 being hard to watch. I watched my recording of this doco the other night. I punched the air when they showed Beaudy gather that kick and score at the end of the 2015 rwc final. Love it.

[canefan]

@pukunui said in Wayne Smith documentary - tonight:

@canefan said in Wayne Smith documentary - tonight:

Finally watched the Wayne Smith doco. What else can you say but "Bloody Legend". What a great watch (apart from his try in Bernie's Corner to take the shield). The back story about him losing the ABs head coach job in 2002, his return, 2007 2011(still hard to watch) and 2015, he is a national rugby treasure

Funny you should mention 2011 being hard to watch. I watched my recording of this doco the other night. I punched the air when they showed Beaudy gather that kick and score at the end of the 2015 rwc final. Love it.

I've never watched 2011 on tv, despite having it on my old now dead sky machine. One time at EP was enough