Mark Reason analyses Robbie Deans' decision to stick with misfiring playmaker Quade Cooper in the context of the race for the All Blacks job on stuff.co.nz.
"Steve Tew, the NZRU chief executive, can come out of the oxygen tent. The nightmare is over. Australia will not be playing Wales in the final, matching up the two New Zealand coaches whom he or his board passed over. Tew can now push for his mate Steve Hansen to get the job when this World Cup is over.
"The NZRU Board will be quite within its rights to pass Deans over this time around, because the former Crusaders coach made a huge call and he got it wrong. Very few people would criticise Deans for picking Quade Cooper coming into the World Cup, but there is quite a crowd who wonder why he stayed with his man for so long."
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