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[2017 Rugby Championship] Round 3: New Zealand v Argentina (09/09/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 872073" data-attributes="member: 70721"><p>Hansen definitely deserves respect from NZ as a coach who can harness the Polynesian players. He learned it well from being understudy to Henry.</p><p>Graham Henry was the second, and greatest architect of bringing Polynesian players forward as leaders.</p><p>John Hart was the code breaker.</p><p>At Auckland he developed loads of players some who went on to grace the black jersey.</p><p>Michael Jones (the archetypal christian polynesian role model) being the stand out but other players of undeniable quality came through Hart as well; Olo Brown, Joe Stanley and he oversaw players like Tuigamala and Eroni Clarke.</p><p>Hart and Henry understood the difference in psyche that the Polynesian players had and worked to effectively to integrate them into one unit.</p><p>Over the last 30 years it has often been said that Auckland only achieve greatness when the brown and the white players find a balance in the team. When that balance is not struck then Auckland suffer.</p><p>Hart laid down the template, Henry took it up and pushed it further.</p><p>With Auckland being the biggest Polynesian city in the world there is a monster resource there that needs to be fostered and cultivated through a lens of understanding the cultural differences.</p><p>It clearly isn't an easy task as only two coaches have managed it... but when they get it right, the results speak for themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 872073, member: 70721"] Hansen definitely deserves respect from NZ as a coach who can harness the Polynesian players. He learned it well from being understudy to Henry. Graham Henry was the second, and greatest architect of bringing Polynesian players forward as leaders. John Hart was the code breaker. At Auckland he developed loads of players some who went on to grace the black jersey. Michael Jones (the archetypal christian polynesian role model) being the stand out but other players of undeniable quality came through Hart as well; Olo Brown, Joe Stanley and he oversaw players like Tuigamala and Eroni Clarke. Hart and Henry understood the difference in psyche that the Polynesian players had and worked to effectively to integrate them into one unit. Over the last 30 years it has often been said that Auckland only achieve greatness when the brown and the white players find a balance in the team. When that balance is not struck then Auckland suffer. Hart laid down the template, Henry took it up and pushed it further. With Auckland being the biggest Polynesian city in the world there is a monster resource there that needs to be fostered and cultivated through a lens of understanding the cultural differences. It clearly isn't an easy task as only two coaches have managed it... but when they get it right, the results speak for themselves. [/QUOTE]
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