Steve Hansen
Steve Hansen
Stephen William "Steve" Hansen, CNZM and High Chief Of Vaiala,is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former rugby union player. He is currently the head coach of the All Blacks...
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Obviously he is playing very well and if he continues do so, when he is available, we will look closely at him. We think he's a very good player. But he's not available so we can't use him.
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It's obviously disappointing for Wales to lose Mike at this stage. Mike has made a decision and he has made it early enough so Wales can replace him in time for the World Cup. His results have been first class. He will always go down and be known as a great Welsh coach, and that is exactly how it should be.
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We're disappointed he's injured, we don't want to see him out of the tour because he brings a lot to the tour, he's a world class player,
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There's nothing inherently negative about the commercial, except to say he has a decision to make, and it's a historic one, ... were not very pleased by it. But as we talked about it, they understood that we have roles and our role isn't to do things that make them happy all the time.
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I think lock is still an area we want to keep developing, James has made great strides, Ali's made tremendous strides as well and Jacko's just been Jacko so if we could find a fourth person that would be great,
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I think the terms are pretty favorable for us. The lease doesn't kick in for one year from now.
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Jonah is an incredibly determined man and if you have his faith and resilience, you can achieve almost anything. Let's not forget that we are talking here about the greatest player to have graced the game, so if he can reignite the old spark, of course he will be in contention for a Test recall,
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What will it take to get the council off the dime? It's not because of the council. It's about negotiations yet.
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We were happy that, although there was a small turnout ... we did get a large percentage in favor of it.
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But we have taken a long-term approach with both of them. They should be back in contention for the (Feb. 22) Ireland game, but for the time being we are happy with the make-up of the team.
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This will make it so much easier for patients.
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We need to have a lineout with three bullets rather than two.
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We don't want to duplicate efforts and want to work together. I believe we can work together.
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The basin is built, all the concrete is poured. We'll be tying things together and testing everything.