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Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... particularly when they play in South Africa. It started before him, however, with predecessor John Mitchell basing his 2003 World Cup campaign in Melbourne and taking his team to other venues two days out. Critics believe that tactic backfired in their World Cup semi-final loss to the Wallabies in Sydney, pointing out the hosts were at fever pitch by kick-off after spending a week...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... 90 per cent success rate in the job, having lost only seven of his 53 Tests since taking over from John Mitchell in 2004!Yet it doesn’t take much to constitute a crisis in New Zealand rugby.So it is, that after losing just one game this season – a 30-28 loss to South Africa in Wellington – Henry finds himself fighting for his coaching life.But, of course, the antipathy towards the...
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Magners League (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... qualifications have come from working with some of the best practitioners in the game such as John Mitchell, Warren Gatland and of course Steve Hansen.Jonno Gibbes said: “Any player will tell you that the day you finish playing is one of the hardest in your life. I have always wanted to coach in a professional set-up and even though I suffered injuries over the last few years, I have...
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... had "probably one" conversation with Henry in "the last four or five years". And after serving as John Mitchell's assistant coach when the All Blacks won the Bledisloe Cup back from the Wallabies in 2003, Deans said most text messages he'd received from across the Tasman were from New Zealand fans wishing him luck trying to return the trophy to Australia. "People are entitled to their...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Alasdair Fox set out the agenda that he and his colleagues John Mitchell and Jim Drysdale intended to cover. Inevitably, Fox began by explaining how he felt the credit crunch was having an impact on the land market.Values have risen rapidly ADVERTISEMENT over the past 18 months and scarcity of acres is still holding up the price of land. Fox is of the view, however, that the market may...
