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Sir Graham Henry calls for more blood
By Richard North
All Blacks coaching legend Sir Graham Henry has called on his fellow kiwis to give blood and "join the bench" in a powerful new campaign for the New Zealand Blood service.
"We're a nation that has long prided ourselves in the strength of our reserves bench" says Henry, who led the All Blacks to two Rugby World Cup victories largely off the back of the depth in his squad.
The New Zealand Blood Service needs 100,000 people to join the Bench to become blood donors. RugbyPass urges all of our kiwi readers to sign up now to save lives.
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I just don't see any progress in their game plan- still unable to cope with rush D, back-line is clunky - not fluid (despite the same players being together for some time), unbalanced lose trio - Ardie has gone backwards and we wasted his best years in a position he was never going to flourish in (those who say he won WPOY in that position miss the point that he would have won at any position but would definitely have still won it at 7), and I don't see an ability of this team to play with confidence knowing their roles. Handling and skills have to be the worst seen for years with sloppy and dropped passes, people not expecting passes - kick-off receptions poor, on and on. This was a hall mark of his Crusader teams. I wonder if Razor wanted to show he could replicate his first year at Saders with the same players Foster used. I struggle to understand his rationale to keep that squad mostly intact (except for retirements or off-shore contracts) and ignore talent emerging in SR. No wonder good SR players are exiting. Rant over. As is my enthusiasm for AB rugby - which is mostly being played by Boks, Irish, French and even Scotland!
Go to commentsgreat to see Fin Smith given a shot. Hoping against hope that he and Ford are trusted to run things in the 6N. We urgently need a fly-half who is capable of bringing his outside backs into the game.
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