Henry defends Dan
7 Jul 2006
All Black coach Graham Henry believes Dan Carter will be just as dangerous without the help of Tana Umaga.
Henry was responding to Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan, who said Umaga’s retirement from Test rugby had left Carter without guidance at the top level.
“It’s amazing the knowledge of some of the coaches around the world about teams they don’t coach,” Henry said.
“When Stephen Larkham was 23 or 24, he probably had guys outside him… who talked to him.
“I think it’s natural that guys grow in the job. I think Daniel Carter’s a fabulous rugby talent and I’ve got a huge amount of time for him as a person. If he’s the finished article now, I’d be very surprised.”
Henry said both players were world-class but at opposite ends of their career.
“Stephen Larkham 10 years ago probably showed a lot of potential like Dan Carter does. Who’s going to finish up the better player in 18 months time?”
All Black captain Richie McCaw said Carter had proven that he could control a game.
“In the last 18 months he’s really taken over that,” he said. “He’s got [outside centre] Aaron Mauger there as well, who’s played a fair bit of rugby. Those two work pretty well together. In those positions you have to run the game and those two do it pretty well. As time goes on they’ll get better and better but they’re not bad at the moment.”
45 Comments
7 Jul 2006, 12:04 pm
fix the heading simon, its not “hnery”
7 Jul 2006, 12:06 pm
Average average typing there Simon.
7 Jul 2006, 12:06 pm
yo richie, “not bad at the moment”? they’re brilliant to say the least…
7 Jul 2006, 12:07 pm
Simon’s new surname is Quote…sound good
Simon Quote! & learn to spell pls
7 Jul 2006, 12:12 pm
Aaron Mauger is a savage!
7 Jul 2006, 12:15 pm
they are just talking him down. this is all mindgames bullshit. they should hit him with a Mark1 SollyMissile right in the solar plexus early on.
kinda hard, if you know what i mean. not dirty or late, mind, but almost like you’d want to hit that traffic cop that just wrote you up for doing 65 in sixty zone.
next thing kelleher throws a long pass and dannyboy is looking for solly and not the ball..
it could happen.
7 Jul 2006, 12:17 pm
“larkham 10 years ago” beautiful dig at the old man. these guys play the mindgames in such a subtle way its a thing of beauty.
7 Jul 2006, 12:17 pm
Taking some stick today are Simon?
Same as your team tomorrow….
7 Jul 2006, 12:17 pm
By TONY ROCHE
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD has accused England’s footballers of betraying their millions of fans.
The former national rugby union coach feels Sven Goran Eriksson and his troops did not know how much the World Cup meant to people back home.
Clive is just the main mother in the UK..one of these days he will be shagging elton john
7 Jul 2006, 12:19 pm
stan
die verskil is net Simon geniet dit nie…
7 Jul 2006, 12:20 pm
Tests have shown that you can rearrange the letters in a word, and still read that word easily. Amazing huh?
7 Jul 2006, 12:21 pm
Simon if you want, you can go get the Woody story on sun.co.uk……you can Quote the whole story
7 Jul 2006, 12:21 pm
eloise,
the King and Queen. its quite fitting actually.
7 Jul 2006, 12:22 pm
tahts qiute aamizng Smion!
7 Jul 2006, 12:26 pm
All the “he needs Tana” stuff is obviously sh*t anyway. If Carter needed Tana then he would be stink when playing for Canterbury. But he is just as good for the Crusaders as he is for the ABs.
If he needs anyone to tell him how to play, which I doubt, then it has to be Mauger.
7 Jul 2006, 12:27 pm
#9 HAHAHAHA Eloise – well said
7 Jul 2006, 12:27 pm
eloise,
Interesting story that on Woody, but sadly it’s about soccer and this is a 100% rugby website.
7 Jul 2006, 12:28 pm
Dan Carter is good, but lets not forget that if he is put under pressure he looks as normal as any other no 10
7 Jul 2006, 12:29 pm
There’s only one no10 & that is Ronaldo
7 Jul 2006, 12:30 pm
eloise,
Yes post that soccer article on the WP rugby site.
This is a site for men and rugby enthusiasts…
7 Jul 2006, 12:33 pm
“this is a site for men and rugby enthusiasts” so men aren’t rugby enthusiasts Stan? IQ below par I reckon…………
7 Jul 2006, 12:38 pm
Simon – #11
Its called “Typoglycemia”
Try this:
Don’t delete this because it looks weird. Believe it or not you can read it.
The faster the better.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia
Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt
So, I hpoe teh fcukne AlBalcks kalp the Wlalbieas tmroworr ngith!!
7 Jul 2006, 12:43 pm
eloise,
for which province does this Ronaldo plays?
7 Jul 2006, 12:45 pm
billtong in order for typoglycemia to work properly the first and last letter in each word must be correct, srory chmap but you shloud eat a dcik
7 Jul 2006, 12:47 pm
Siht, I dndit raed my lsat psot porplery! 1st & lsat letrtes not wehre tehy sholud be!
But I still expect the AB’s to klap the Wobblies! And Dan is The Man. (As long as Byron Kelleher can provide him halfway decent ball – that’s all he needs).
7 Jul 2006, 12:53 pm
so if i say sortmers fnas are all a bunch of cnuts what happens?
7 Jul 2006, 12:54 pm
Is taht fencrh Bllontg?
7 Jul 2006, 12:54 pm
fkuclal?
7 Jul 2006, 12:57 pm
Bluebarb
Waht hppanes is I argee!!
7 Jul 2006, 14:09 pm
Fok my, dit was net 3 biere vir midddagete en ek kan vir n fok nie lees wat julle skryf nie…
7 Jul 2006, 14:10 pm
Action cricket interprovincials by die Bull RIng in Centurion – van die ouens is ongelooflik goed. Die van julle wat in die omgewing bly, gaan kyk gerus (plus die dames is verruklik)…
7 Jul 2006, 14:28 pm
and it’s EDDIE O’Sullivan unless I’m mistaken….
7 Jul 2006, 14:52 pm
if you are good you are Dan,
if you are better, you are Van
but if you are the best you are Stan!
7 Jul 2006, 20:30 pm
Mauger is a INSIDE center Simon!
7 Jul 2006, 22:16 pm
breeker, you are both wrong
he’s actually a 2nd five
We don’t have inside centres or flyhalf
not that we want to nitpick
8 Jul 2006, 01:20 am
hey ricane, next your gonna be telling me that the openside flank wears 7!
8 Jul 2006, 01:28 am
Nah,
what I’ll tell you is that in a couple of weeks our openside flanker will be wearing the ball and…
when he’s not got the ball your flyhalf will be wearing our openside flanker!!
8 Jul 2006, 01:31 am
Ooops breeker
I just assumed you were a bokkie supporter
To be posting now you’re probably not
So if you’re an aussie apply those comments in a few hours!!
and if you’re a kiwi we both need to pick on someone else
8 Jul 2006, 01:58 am
ricane, i’m a SA ex-pat here in the States. I was reffering to the difference that in South Africa the opensider wears the #6 jersey where the rest of the world plays the openside in the #7 jersey.
8 Jul 2006, 02:14 am
Don’t you mean our first-five eights will be wearing your openside flanker? You kiwis don’t have flyhalfs..eh
8 Jul 2006, 03:16 am
I just said flyhalf so you could understand me
I didn’t know about openside wearing the ‘wrong’ number in SA.
Why is that do you know?
8 Jul 2006, 04:54 am
Ricane has been found wanting. He he .
8 Jul 2006, 05:13 am
when I find my handbag pompie, you’re getting a smack!
8 Jul 2006, 13:04 pm
Eddie O’Sullivan is becomin a life member of the Sir Clive Whinewood and Eddie Moans Club.
9 Jul 2006, 10:02 am
Ricane I’ve got a mate down in Palmie his name is Dave Holland you most probably went to school with him. He don’t support any npc team except for Manawatu . He hates hand bags but loves rugger balls. Go the bucks Loftus is calling. He he he.
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