Greg Growden shudders at the thought of Robbie Deans' most recent press conference in The Sydney Morning Herald.
"If you thought watching the Wallabies surrender to the All Blacks for the eighth time in a row was excruciating, it was nothing compared to what occurred afterwards.
"The media conference was like having bamboo applied under the fingernails. This painful occasion again showed how personal the pursuit of the Bledisloe Cup can become.
"Wallabies coach Robbie Deans was blinded by the spotlight. The obvious question revolved around how negative the reaction in New Zealand would have been if the All Blacks had just lost to Australia eight times in a row - and whether he was feeling similar pressure. ''Of course. It's part of the territory,'' Deans said, trying to keep cool."
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