2021 Crusaders
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@taniwharugby said in 2021 Crusaders:
@machpants very hard to measure success when we will walk the tests v the PI teams.
2 year contract, and then Covid put paid to any chance of them shipping him off this year.
We'll still have the RC, with SA, and (maybe) NH tour. But as I said, utter disaster, loss to Fiji!
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if he loses the Bledisloe to that so very ordinary Wallaby outfit (like they damn near did last year) then firing is way too good for him.
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@machpants I expect negotiations with him (or Scott) will be well advanced already, and barring a disaster (as you point out) I expect things wont change...
I mean what KPIs are they likely to have for him to stay put?
Score 50+ in each game v Island nations?
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@chris-b said in 2021 Crusaders:
@stargazer A bit disappointing to lose Tom Sanders. I don't think we've ever seen the best of him.
But, I guess with Matera on the way, the writing was on the wall for Sanders and Douglas.
So - next year's loosies - Tom Christie, Sione Havili, Ethan Blackadder, Anton Segner, Cullen Grace and Matera - with Dunshea and Barrett providing a bit of cover? Might need one more?
Eliot Dixon?
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@chris-b said in 2021 Crusaders:
@shark Is he back in NZ?
I discovered Elliot's dad was in my class at school for a couple of years - not at St. Bede's though!
I'm more thinking along the lines of a young 7.
Yeah he is back in Ohoka on his parents farm.
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Just to highlight this bit from the article above:
It’s understood an exit clause, and an understanding around NZR’s process around appointing an All Blacks coach after the 2023 World Cup, were among finer details which held up the new deal.
The wins may be close to Blackadder's and Deans', but the difference in losses is massive!Robertson has amassed a remarkable 71-4-9 record the past five seasons, and is quickly closing in on Blackadder (74-2-40) and Robbie Deans (88-1-30) for most wins as Crusaders coach.
CRUSADERS UNDER SCOTT ROBERTSON
71 wins (13 SRA game)
4 draws (includes canned matches vs Highlanders and Blues in 2019 and 2020 respectively)
9 losses (3 SRA game)
5 titles (three Super Rugby and two Super Rugby Aotearoa)
