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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 817152" data-attributes="member: 70721"><p>Maybe thats where the timing issue is at the moment.</p><p>The other countries aren't that fussed at the beginning of the 4 year RWC cycle, the AB's and their Super Rugby feeder and their provincial rugby feeder are all positioned to maximise the small population and harness the rugby quality that churns out.</p><p>It's NZ rugby in a bit of a purple patch.</p><p>This is the time when journo's like Stephen Hughes refer to the AB's as flat track bullies. The AB's just can't win.</p><p></p><p> [USER=56232]@ragerancher[/USER]; I don't see it that way mate. My AB's are fallible and vulnerable they are human and as the other countries ratchet up their intensity and quality levels so they will close down the time and space available to the boys and make the possession harder to garner and keep, and reduce the points scoring opportunities, especially away from home.</p><p>The reason the AB's haven't fallen to pieces is because Hansen is a canny bugger, he has been drip feeding subs into the mix for the last 18 months , like Barrett and Fekitoa and Faumina and Perenara with others sniffing from a further distance like Sopoaga and Crotty and co. Hansen didn't forget that he was going to have an exodus on his hands post RWC with Smith and Nonu, McCaw, Carter, Woodcock and Mealaamu all bailing out on their AB career. He also thought he would have SBW's on tap to be at least one rock in the midfield.</p><p>Woodward moulded a brilliant England side who remain the only NH side to win the RWC (thats how good they were), but he didn't recruit for what came after. Woodward might argue that he couldn't afford to dilute his elixir with young un's and thats fair enough but if you don't bring in the young fellas then you are always going to have a downtime -period of recovery.</p><p>Hansen and co. had foreseen this and acted well in advance. They also brought Dagg back from the wilderness. That surprised me, I thought he was done but he has a new lease of life and you can see that the other AB's all get on with him. It's the coaching and Ian Fostering environment the AB management are creating for the players. McCaw had a lot to do with that as well. The players are involved.</p><p></p><p>@ Roos-tah;I hear what you were saying about the Super Rugby, I was hoping that after almost forever in the wilderness the arrival of the legend that is Tana Umaga would revive the Blues and get the franchise building towards playing some quality rugby and rebuild the pride in the jersey, and to be fair he dida pretty fair job in his first season, if the Blues had been in the other conferences their points tally would have been healthy and respectable but even with their improvements in results and their general play they still finished dead last in the Kiwi conference. Hopefully Tana will build on the last season with the next season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 817152, member: 70721"] Maybe thats where the timing issue is at the moment. The other countries aren't that fussed at the beginning of the 4 year RWC cycle, the AB's and their Super Rugby feeder and their provincial rugby feeder are all positioned to maximise the small population and harness the rugby quality that churns out. It's NZ rugby in a bit of a purple patch. This is the time when journo's like Stephen Hughes refer to the AB's as flat track bullies. The AB's just can't win. [USER=56232]@ragerancher[/USER]; I don't see it that way mate. My AB's are fallible and vulnerable they are human and as the other countries ratchet up their intensity and quality levels so they will close down the time and space available to the boys and make the possession harder to garner and keep, and reduce the points scoring opportunities, especially away from home. The reason the AB's haven't fallen to pieces is because Hansen is a canny bugger, he has been drip feeding subs into the mix for the last 18 months , like Barrett and Fekitoa and Faumina and Perenara with others sniffing from a further distance like Sopoaga and Crotty and co. Hansen didn't forget that he was going to have an exodus on his hands post RWC with Smith and Nonu, McCaw, Carter, Woodcock and Mealaamu all bailing out on their AB career. He also thought he would have SBW's on tap to be at least one rock in the midfield. Woodward moulded a brilliant England side who remain the only NH side to win the RWC (thats how good they were), but he didn't recruit for what came after. Woodward might argue that he couldn't afford to dilute his elixir with young un's and thats fair enough but if you don't bring in the young fellas then you are always going to have a downtime -period of recovery. Hansen and co. had foreseen this and acted well in advance. They also brought Dagg back from the wilderness. That surprised me, I thought he was done but he has a new lease of life and you can see that the other AB's all get on with him. It's the coaching and Ian Fostering environment the AB management are creating for the players. McCaw had a lot to do with that as well. The players are involved. @ Roos-tah;I hear what you were saying about the Super Rugby, I was hoping that after almost forever in the wilderness the arrival of the legend that is Tana Umaga would revive the Blues and get the franchise building towards playing some quality rugby and rebuild the pride in the jersey, and to be fair he dida pretty fair job in his first season, if the Blues had been in the other conferences their points tally would have been healthy and respectable but even with their improvements in results and their general play they still finished dead last in the Kiwi conference. Hopefully Tana will build on the last season with the next season. [/QUOTE]
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