Chris Rattue, writing in The New Zealand Herald, believes that time is up for the All Blacks' coaching team.
"All Black coach Graham Henry and his cohorts should be sacked. Enough is enough.
"It's time for the clean out, the night of the long knives, the great purge. You would have to ask serious questions over the quality of the NZRU executive and board as well, given their dalliances with the national provincial competition and staggering decision to reappoint Henry after the last World Cup.
"The Kremlin is full of arrogance and rot, and it's well past the time when this decaying monolith is forced to start all over again. The national game needs leaders with clear thought, charisma and a positive outlook not based on excuse-making for their failures. The All Black coaching and selection panel is the immediate problem to sort out."