All Blacks’ coach on the line

Did the Rugby Union err in reappointing Graham Henry? We're just about to find out.

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1st October, 2011

Renowned expatriate rugby writer Spiro Zavos has seen our worst nightmare, and it’s not pretty: “The final whistle has blown on the 2011 Rugby World Cup final. Amid the roar of the crowd, the fireworks and the pulsating music, the victorious Wallabies are smothering their coach, Robbie Deans, with high-fives and exuberant hugs.” In his invaluable book How to Watch the Rugby World Cup 2011, Zavos argues that the New Zealand Rugby Union made a strategic error ...

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