Former Crusaders coach Robbie Deans is now in charge of the Wallabies
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Writing in the New Zealand Herald, Chris Rattue believes that New Zealand rugby sorely misses former Crusaders coach and now Wallabies boss Robbie Deans.
"Deans could speak as strangely as the next rugby man - apart from John Mitchell obviously - but unlike the other wafflers he put results on the board.
"Now, the Crusaders are sliding down the slope, where they will crash into all the other useless New Zealand franchises.
"The New Zealand teams may play fancy football at times, but in this level of sport the aim is to win trophies. And the prospects are as dire as last season when the Waikato lambs headed to an inevitable final slaughter in Pretoria.
"The powerful, determined Deans alone among New Zealand coaches knew how to compete for titles by creating an empire where scouting, development, selection and coaching were spot on."
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