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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 202550"><p>It's not like they don't have the time though... they have weeks to prepare against all the provincial sides in which they could easily gel if managed properly. Just think about European soccer and also rugby over there to a similar degree; all the sides are heavily laden with international players, to the point that local players can even become a minority. All of these guys are from different cultures both on and off the field, but when managed well can become a cohesive and dangerous side. So in that respect I disagree with it being a flawed concept 'in the professional era'. It's not. In 2001 they played very well for the most part, but came up against the successful Australian side in our history. 2005 on the other hand was just a shambles... Woodward seemingly made no attempt to forge them into a team and treated it more like an exhibition. Add to that that they played possibly one of the best performing All Blacks sides of the last 2 decades and it was always going to be tough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 202550"] It's not like they don't have the time though... they have weeks to prepare against all the provincial sides in which they could easily gel if managed properly. Just think about European soccer and also rugby over there to a similar degree; all the sides are heavily laden with international players, to the point that local players can even become a minority. All of these guys are from different cultures both on and off the field, but when managed well can become a cohesive and dangerous side. So in that respect I disagree with it being a flawed concept 'in the professional era'. It's not. In 2001 they played very well for the most part, but came up against the successful Australian side in our history. 2005 on the other hand was just a shambles... Woodward seemingly made no attempt to forge them into a team and treated it more like an exhibition. Add to that that they played possibly one of the best performing All Blacks sides of the last 2 decades and it was always going to be tough. [/QUOTE]
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