Jake hails Henry
7 Dec 2007
Outgoing Springbok coach Jake White applauded the retention of Graham Henry as All Blacks coach.
White, whose Springboks won the World Cup, was not considered for a second term as Bok coach, but Henry, whose All Blacks crashed out in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, has been given a second crack at glory.
White told Keo.co.za it was the right decision.
“There is a lot of emotion and hurt around in New Zealand at the moment, but it is the most logical decision that could have been made. You only have to look at Graham’s record to know what impact he has had. Before the defeat against France they’d won 42 out of 47 tests. That’s pretty remarkable when you consider they are playing the top teams every year, home and away,” said White.
“The next World Cup is in New Zealand and it makes sense to go with a guy who has been through a four year experience. He is fine coach and the reality of a World Cup is you only have to be off your game for 20 minutes and you could be out. The All Blacks were bound to lose one in 20 – and unfortunately for Graham that one came during the World Cup in a play-off situation.”
White laughed at the irony that Henry had a job and he did not have one, given their contrasting fortunes, but said it was good for world rugby that a coach of Henry’s quality was still going to be active in the next four years.
“I think he is good for the game and whoever coaches against the All Blacks in the next four years is going to have to produce something special to beat them.”
White also believed Crusaders coach Robbie Deans, should he be appointed Wallabies coach, would excel in the role.
“You’d think, Henry or Deans, either way New Zealand was picking a winner and a guy who is going to win more than he loses. Deans is a fantastic coach and I think he will improve the Wallabies should he take the job. It’s going to be a fascinating international season in 2008.”
White, who completes his book tour of South Africa on Friday, was also overwhelmed at the response to his book, ‘In Black and White’. It has broken all book-selling records in South Africa with the latest sales exceeding 130 000.
To put that into perspective, anything in excess of 5000 is considered a best seller in this country.
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8 Dec 2007, 05:27 am
Princess,
Can you trade them in once theyve depreciated or is there a warranty period according to frequency of use??….by that standard the Chivalry would be a pensionable prostitute and a liabilty but still fantastic to ride,just a few wrinkles to iron out.
I love women,the more opinionated and full of s@%t the better,I think you can put prefer instead of defer unless you mean de furr then I am in.
8 Dec 2007, 05:29 am
More Fern
But I was buying your Christmas present … Oohh well I will hand it to the bellman when he comes to collect my luggage. Ssiigghh, never mind …
8 Dec 2007, 05:35 am
Manly
They need to be in relatively good nick to be “traded” … as for the Chivlary all you need to do is drive really fast to “smooth” the crinkles. Or hop on the MagLev Train here in Shanghai – it runs up to 431kph !
Find it so amsuing you like your girls full of opinions & sh*t
Am surprised you are not into a “Brazilian” finish though …
8 Dec 2007, 05:49 am
No Brazilian finish Princess too straight and narrow for me…the Chivalries suspension is a bit old but once you hit a few bumps you can ride her as if in a trot….pretty close to perpetual motion,except we’d lose Vetkoek once she started looking like a Tsunami.
8 Dec 2007, 05:58 am
Manly
You square old catholic boy, you are full of conservative surprises !!
The VT (Vetkoek Tsunami) was a mental picture I could have done without though ! Bleuch !!
Ahh well, you know what they say – If you are going to learn to ride a bike, best you learn on an old one first !
8 Dec 2007, 06:07 am
#252.Instead of buying me a present rather donate that money to a charity.
But seriously dont you get bored of “retail therapy”?Seems your social interaction is minimal.Blogging here doesnt count.
I gotta go for a morning run followed by a braai for breakfeast with some mates.
8 Dec 2007, 06:18 am
Fern
Don’t fret, my retail therapy rarely involves purchases for myself. I have a very active social conscience & work at salving it frequently and not just with financial donations but by performing good deeds. Of course none of this is any of your business but I am in a sharing mood this morning
I really do get plenty of social interaction – I have fantastic friends who I spend a great deal of time with. They are a very cool bunch of people spread far & wide geographically, all of whom I admire greatly.
8 Dec 2007, 06:18 am
Princess
Yep altar boy one day,notorius amoral depraved drunk the next…all in a days work….must say have to find new place to change though,telephone booths too transparent for perforated undies….maybe confessional booth,who says men cant multitask.
8 Dec 2007, 06:36 am
Those are mighty big swings – You sound like you should be on meds ! Dare I ask what happened to cause said “perforation” ?
8 Dec 2007, 06:52 am
…glancing blows from letter opener….got to get names right…
8 Dec 2007, 07:40 am
229
‘We now have a master plan to win the next world cup’
I love it when Kiwis talk about the World Cup
8 Dec 2007, 08:18 am
BH 229
The mythical object (a bit like the Holy Grail) that will become part of AB folklore.
8 Dec 2007, 08:20 am
obiviously Jake would applaud the decision because he would have love to to stay on.
8 Dec 2007, 08:23 am
The legends will be based on the heroic search for it (42 wins out of 48 played), as it remains unobtainable.
8 Dec 2007, 08:38 am
They’ll start to believe the WC doesn’t exist and its all a big story, like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
8 Dec 2007, 08:43 am
don’t always agree with jake or like him, however, agree that F Steyn is a no.15. see poll stil very close to where he should play. click on longdrop.
8 Dec 2007, 09:12 am
Hey Princess
You out there??
8 Dec 2007, 09:53 am
#265 have you found a buttock to attach yourself to yet, every good boil deserves a good start.
8 Dec 2007, 09:59 am
#241 manlybok – yes all good in fantail land mate. GH will have the boys ready for the TriNations,Bledisloe and Deans will have em ready for the S14…then we will start all this bullsh%t again. Lets hope for a great year of rugby. In all sincerity I hope that the Boks really do well and can perform like WC champions instead of that disgrace we saw from the last lot. I dont want them to win everything mind you but a good showing home and away would be terrific all round. Cheers gotta go, enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Hi Princess– Rainbow trout tonite.
8 Dec 2007, 10:17 am
jake keep your mouth closed for a second. yeah you brought back a cup you dont deserve to win based on your ability, but so what.
8 Dec 2007, 11:10 am
Is SA media going to be getting Jake’s opinion on everything that makes rugby headlines???
JAKE PREDICTS SHARKS TO MAKE FINAL
JAKE PICKS HIS FUTURE SPRINGBOKS
JAKE SAYS MEYER WILL DO A GREAT JOB
JAKE SAYS JEAN NOT READY
blablablablablablablablablabla
8 Dec 2007, 11:47 am
NZHERALD ARTICLE BY JOHN DRAKE
AN EXTRACT:
Will Henry change the rest and recreation policy? Has he any choice? The public has voted with their feet and TV remotes and will not tolerate further pathetic national championships and Super 14 competitions. Test match football should probably be renamed trial match rugby for the way it has been degraded.
Will Henry be successful and regain the winning edge? Of course. I think the All Blacks in 2008-09 will be comprehensively successful and as dominant as they have for the last few years – minus the World Cups.
But 2010-11 are the worry. What if Deans joins Warren Gatland and heads overseas? What if heir apparent Steve Hansen doesn’t cut it? I just hope the NZRU has persuaded Deans to stay.
8 Dec 2007, 12:05 pm
Australia and South Africa will both beat NZ at least once this summer and NZ will lose an EOYT game too (probably to us at Twickers with Wilko back).
8 Dec 2007, 12:12 pm
I put money on it Big Hit
8 Dec 2007, 12:16 pm
Jake White was on Super Saturday this morning.
He said that SA Rugby were not serious about Transformation because if they were then Allister Coetzee would be selected as Bok coach.
He further said that New Zealand could be unbeatable the next two years as well with GH remaining the coach.
He also added that he could still be consulting the Boks (I believe this is only when AC is appointed) and believes he could play a role (like Francois Pienaar)in our 2010 Soccer World Cup.
8 Dec 2007, 12:19 pm
A fool and his money………..
8 Dec 2007, 12:26 pm
Allister Coetzee ??
TRUST ME..he will never be Bok coach.
8 Dec 2007, 12:34 pm
Jake said in SA we never take our assistant coaches and make them the Head Coach.
Apparently AC worked with Jake, Ian Mac and Harry Viljoen.
8 Dec 2007, 12:37 pm
“Trust me”………not likely G13Gloater.
8 Dec 2007, 15:27 pm
Tinus,
Sorry dude. I was on line but for some reason was not seeing any replies.
Yes Deans will coach the Crusaders. I am not that happy with the decision.
GH is a good coach but did some bad things and spoke some pies. Deans may go down as a great coach never to be given a chance. Toeava may never have to train again
8 Dec 2007, 19:07 pm
280
I agree. Deans should have been given the job.
The three wise(?) men will do ok, but they’ll always fall at the major hurdles unless of course they teach the team to adapt to playing tight games. Personally, I don’t think Henry has it in him to change.
8 Dec 2007, 21:36 pm
Sad..
now Deans will coach the Wallabies..hopefully he will take some kiwi props with him there.
8 Dec 2007, 23:35 pm
#5 buck lol.
Sorry guys think NZRU have done the right thing. Time will tell all no doubt but hate kicking a guy while hes up.
9 Dec 2007, 00:17 am
Something else to contemplate is that Deans admitted he couldnt match the complete team with Henrys assistants( Smith and Hansen)and that was also a contributing factor of GH’s reinstatement.
The vote was not unanimous and Haines( I think) who was from Canterbury voted for GH as well because of the team Henry had.
9 Dec 2007, 05:39 am
284
I do think Hansen is key to the success of the team.
9 Dec 2007, 07:36 am
RICHARD LOE OPINION…AND I ARGREE WITH HIM
I’m not saying that I will never go back and pay to watch an All Black test. Just this era of rotation, reconditioning and re-appointing to make the same mistakes. We’ll only be watching the Tri Nations again – a competition where you can score two big wins, get bonus points and, with 10 points under your belt, you can win the tournament. Who’s going to be interested in that? It’s wrong.
9 Dec 2007, 09:18 am
#281 Im sure Henry will be losing so much sleep over what you ‘personally’ think. Go meet Hatton at a pub for a concillatory drink or 50.
9 Dec 2007, 11:02 am
Hatton had as much chance of beating Mayweather as Ashtons Circus does of winning the 6N or rising above Argentina in the rankings. The pretenders have shown all they have and the show is over.
Hatton choked.
9 Dec 2007, 13:25 pm
#286 I agree with Loe as well, but he is stupid to boycott the All Blacks because the coach he wanted wasnt picked he should just grow up and support the All Blacks.
9 Dec 2007, 14:10 pm
286 g13g,
Richard Loe never should have been allowed to play … I would be glad if he didn’t watch, comment or anything else
9 Dec 2007, 22:12 pm
288
Davy Tua, ahaha
9 Dec 2007, 23:10 pm
intelligent fella Loe..wasn’t soo much on the field though
10 Dec 2007, 06:02 am
#220 skopskiet you twat
More like SA administyrators can’t find their own *** in the dark with both hands, and the NZ administrators are going for experience, and are breaking the cycle of hiring and firing.
If everyone had an inherent subliminal sense of who is a twat, IG would have banned you ages ago. Get off the Jake bashing already, you moron. FFS. You are so freaking sour, I would swear that you are Andre Markgraaf, or Rudolph, or with a stupid name like that, maybe the incompetent security prat that organised Kamp Staaldraad. If we wont listen to you, and you can’t admit that he is good AFTER HE WON A WORLD CUP, then its not because we are bad listeners. Its because YOU ARE AN IDIOT!
10 Dec 2007, 10:49 am
Poor old Ricky aint to tricky,
poor old Hatton, he got flattened,
good old Mayweather,
made him eat some leather,
sorry sight for some,
Floyd set him on his bum,
back to England to cop some flak,
just like when the poms play the All Blacks.
10 Dec 2007, 11:02 am
Davy Tua, NZ All Blacks, is that all you got?
10 Dec 2007, 23:41 pm
#295
Hey Big Hit,ok you tell us,what great things sporting wise has England done lately,besides darts and snooker.Cos i am struggling to find any other sport that you guys are good at.Sorry there is football,and you call us chokers,1966 or was it 1964 was the last time England won the Football World Cup,so no you are not good at that either.
Maybe if talking **** was a sport you would have a few champions,but then again going on your rugby teams performance after they won when the RWC (hahahahahaha), sorry,you like lost your way and become the worst holders ever.Oh and whats the population of England 61 million people,and here you are struggling against countries where you have 15 times the population.
17 Dec 2007, 06:27 am
An idiot earlier said we won a Cup we did not deserve to win! Bollocks en gaan kak
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