Tag Archives: Graham Henry
Guest Post: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
After a week in which a massive earthquake slammed the Canterbury region, causing massive damage to Christchurch’s brick and stone buildings (including the home of All Blacks’ assistant coach Steve Hansen), and aftershocks continued to jangle the nerves, nobody will … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The All Blacks – A Mid-Term Report
DeadBall’s regular guest rugby reporter Jeremy Taylor gives us a mid-term report on the ABs, in his words “a bit like what Marc Hinton has done in [yesterday's] Sunday Star Times, but I actually started last week, so, fuck him, … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Worth a Crack, Nigel
Worth a crack, Nigel… For a town as infamously dull as Hamiltron, this was a thrilling game of football. Needing to win and prevent the Boks from scoring a bonus point to keep the Tri Nations alive, and preferably gain … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The Cavalry Arrives (Too Late?)
It was a win born of necessity, rather than of the All Blacks’ tactical and physical supremacy, but in the context of this year’s Tri-Nations, it will just about do, and the obvious glee with which Graham Henry greeted the … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Dance of the Desperates
This week’s Bledisloe showdown in Sydney is shaping up as a huge matchup, in which a number of reputations may be salvaged or irreparably damaged – not least of which those of head coaches Graham Henry and Robbie Deans. Both … Continue reading
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Guest post: None Step Up – Two Steps Back
From bad to worse, the All Blacks contrived to concede two out of two to South Africa at home, with the chief culprits being a lack of discipline, poor execution of basic skills, and poor option taking under pressure from … Continue reading
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No Guarantee
Guarantees can be good. When John F. Kennedy promised that the United States would reach the moon within ten years, it was a perfect display of good old American confidence and ambition. When Armstrong finally took those giant leaps, I’m sure it seemed that … Continue reading
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Guest Post: A Tale Of Two Centres
In the opening round of this years Super 14 it was two centres that really stood out. Firstly to Stirling Mortlock’s match winning performance for the Brumbies against the Highlanders in Dunedin on Friday night. Down 19-0 after as many … Continue reading
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