Foster, Robertson etc
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The Crusaders would get torn a new one by Ireland, South Africa and Argentina.
But the Jaguares in 2019/18 were the entire Argentina squad (all of them) and Crusaders dominated 19-3 in the final..
The only other Crusader's encounter (2018 season) they got destroyed 48-17 in Buenos Aires.
All current evidence hints that Razor is a phenomenonal coach.
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The Crusaders would get torn a new one by Ireland, South Africa and Argentina.
But the Jaguares in 2019/18 were the entire Argentina squad (all of them) and Crusaders dominated 19-3 in the final..
The only other Crusader's encounter (2018 season) they got destroyed 48-17 in Buenos Aires.
All current evidence hints that Razor is a phenomenonal coach.
Further to that 15 Springboks were in the 2017 Lions 23 that lost in the Final to the Crusaders at Ellis Park.
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@booboo I'm sure Henry would love to have that sort of record against the ninth ranked team..
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So Foster wins a third Rugby Championship (well second plus one Tri-Nations) to go with three consecutive Beldisloes and three consecutive Freedom Cups.
Winning percentage at 66% (68% if you into count the draw which I usually do) is still a little under par.
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So Foster wins a third Rugby Championship (well second plus one Tri-Nations) to go with three consecutive Beldisloes and three consecutive Freedom Cups.
Winning percentage at 66% (68% if you into count the draw which I usually do) is still a little under par.
And one brain fade away from losing the RC.Thanks to Foley.
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So Foster wins a third Rugby Championship (well second plus one Tri-Nations) to go with three consecutive Beldisloes and three consecutive Freedom Cups.
Winning percentage at 66% (68% if you into count the draw which I usually do) is still a little under par.
And one brain fade away from losing the RC.Thanks to Foley.
Fish and chip paper.
Close results happen all the time.
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So Foster wins a third Rugby Championship (well second plus one Tri-Nations) to go with three consecutive Beldisloes and three consecutive Freedom Cups.
Winning percentage at 66% (68% if you into count the draw which I usually do) is still a little under par.
And one brain fade away from losing the RC.Thanks to Foley.
Fish and chip paper.
Close results happen all the time.
So do shit AB performances this year.
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Of course the problem as well is the process and timing when we recruit coaches.
For me, the brain drain (coaches) has had a bigger effect than the brawn drain (players).
Meaning we don’t have the same quality coaches as we had and our players are receiving less quality coaching as a result.
Secondly, our coaches being sought after and coaching elsewhere improved players in other countries and it also means they take a huge amount of IP with them.
They earn more overseas which makes it hard to come back to NZ and coach here to get back in the system again and push to be an AB coach.
The Ab head coach role has been a closed shop since 2008 really so it’s no wonder that no overseas based coach progressed at all through the hiring process in 2019.
It’s why you end up with Fozzie as opposed to Joseph, Rennie etc.
If the pathway is assistant coach then head coach, then I can’t see a high profile NZ coach coming back for an assistant role.
At least we managed to secure Brad Moor for a decent fee to come back to coach the ABs 😂
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Foster is in charge of Media Relations, Jason Ryan and Schmidt are doing a great job coaching the ABs.
So now when Foster's record doesn't look so bad, the head coach doesn't make any difference.
Kinda blows the "Razor for Head AB Coach" argument out of the water, don't you think?
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Even great AB sides put in poor performances. Most of the time they would still win though!
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@DaGrubster said in Foster:
Meaning we don’t have the same quality coaches as we had and our players are receiving less quality coaching as a result.
If you are talking about top-level rugby in NZ overall, you are making a bloody good point.
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@nostrildamus said in Foster:
@booboo I'm sure Henry would love to have that sort of record against the ninth ranked team..
The same team many here predicted would beat Foster's All Blacks to regain the Bledisloe and win at EP in Bled 2?
(Asking for a friend)
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@DaGrubster said in Foster:
Even great AB sides put in poor performances. Most of the time they would still win though!
5 wins out of the last 11 is not too hot in my book.
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@DaGrubster said in Foster:
Even great AB sides put in poor performances. Most of the time they would still win though!
5 wins out of the last 11 is not too hot in my book.
It's the direction that's important and what we've seen in the last 4-5 games it's a team which has completely transformed itself from the rabble that was Ireland 2 & 3.
Long way to go, but the omens are way, way better than they were a few months back.
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@DaGrubster said in Foster:
Even great AB sides put in poor performances. Most of the time they would still win though!
5 wins out of the last 11 is not too hot in my book.
3 from 3
4 from 5Lies, damned lies and statistics.
