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A poll of over 100 Super Rugby Aotearoa players have revealed 46 per cent believed New Zealand Rugby got the All Black coaching appointment wrong while another 26 per cent claimed they were “happy with Ian Foster but not the assistant coaches’’.

The pool was conducted by Country Sport Radio producer Sam Casey, who told the New Zealand Herald he had asked over 100 players 40 questions about the state of New Zealand rugby.

Casey revealed only 28 per cent were happy with the All Blacks coaching appointments.

Foster – Steve Hansen’s assistant-coach for eight years – got the head coach’s job in a contest with former All Blacks loose forward Scott Robertson, who led the Crusaders to three consecutive Super Rugby titles.

stemoc wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:39 am we can't blame Fozzie for the failure of the Chiefs, right now a man that coached Wales and the British Lions is failing as a coach for the Chiefs, the problem isn't the coaches but the team itself, if we bring 2xRWC winner, Hansen back from retirement to coach the chiefs next season, they will still finish at the bottom of the NZ conference.

Ata Rangi wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:51 am That’s a shock, wouldn’t have predicted the 54% support.

stemoc wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:56 am DMAC was shit last game and cruden and cane were non-existent..if their limited good players don't rise to the occasion, you can't expect them to perform ..Time for gatland to go crazy as he got nothing to lose a try a whole new combination of players..

stemoc wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:39 am we can't blame Fozzie for the failure of the Chiefs, right now a man that coached Wales and the British Lions is failing as a coach for the Chiefs, the problem isn't the coaches but the team itself, if we bring 2xRWC winner, Hansen back from retirement to coach the chiefs next season, they will still finish at the bottom of the NZ conference.

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:30 am

stemoc wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:39 am we can't blame Fozzie for the failure of the Chiefs, right now a man that coached Wales and the British Lions is failing as a coach for the Chiefs, the problem isn't the coaches but the team itself, if we bring 2xRWC winner, Hansen back from retirement to coach the chiefs next season, they will still finish at the bottom of the NZ conference.

This is a nonsensical post. The Chiefs are two time Super rugby champions. They haven't always been bad.

stemoc wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:41 am

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:30 am

stemoc wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:39 am we can't blame Fozzie for the failure of the Chiefs, right now a man that coached Wales and the British Lions is failing as a coach for the Chiefs, the problem isn't the coaches but the team itself, if we bring 2xRWC winner, Hansen back from retirement to coach the chiefs next season, they will still finish at the bottom of the NZ conference.

This is a nonsensical post. The Chiefs are two time Super rugby champions. They haven't always been bad.

they last won 7 years ago, oddly enough they won once foster left the chiefs and handed the reins to rennie and they didn't win any in the next 4 years rennie was incharge either.. they weren't bad 7 years ago, but they aren't good now either....something is not working and like the NZ warriors, lets not sacrifice the coach for the failure of the team as a whole.. the chiefs butchered as many as 5 tries last week, its very obvious that what they are lacking is a good attacking coach and/or players that can finish...

FujiKiwi wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:05 am I just heard Angua Ta'avao interviewed at half time, and he slipped in a really passive aggressive suggestion that the reason the Chiefs were losing was because the Canes were lying all over the ball and the ref wasn't dealing with it.

He's an articulate chap, and he tried to dress it up with the old "but you've just got to adapt to the ref" afterwards, but it was pretty clear Gatland's moany ways are spreading insidiously through the Chiefs camp.

I heard from another poster Sam Cane was whiny in his after match interview too. I had had it on the telly but wasn't really paying attention to that one.