Writing in the New Zealand Herald, asks whether the coaches were to blame for the All Blacks' disappointing losses to the Springboks.
"There's been a lot of debate since that wholly dissatisfying loss to the Springboks about whether it was the coaches' fault or the players' fault.
"It was down to the coaches. I had to turn the TV off the other day when I saw Wayne Smith on a national programme saying they had played the test with counter-attacking tactics because the All Blacks couldn't take the Boks on up front. That kind of talk is poison. What are they trying to do? Smith even looked defeated - he turned up on TV in what looked like a tracksuit and some old flip-flops."
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