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Good Bennett story from today's Herald, thought it was worth sharing.
Wayne Bennett makes an unexpected appearance in Richie McCaw's book The Open Side.
The scene is 2008, at a leadership conference organised by the New Zealand Rugby Union of the type so beloved by sports organisations and corporate entities. All was proceeding without incident until Bennett turned it into a brutal post-mortem into the All Blacks' 2007 Rugby World Cup failure.
"Bennett walks on to the podium, looks straight at Ted [Graham Henry], Shag [Steve Hansen] and Smithy [Wayne Smith] and says, 'I don't know why the f--- you're sitting there and still got your jobs'," McCaw recounts in the book.
And the Broncos legend was just warming up.
" 'Why were you playing guys out of position?' he asks the coaches. While they were pondering that one, Bennett walks over to Mils [All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina], who's kind of scrunched down in his seat. 'Did you want to play 13?'
" 'Ah...'
" 'Where did you want to f-----n play, son?
" 'Ah fullback,' says Mils, almost apologetically.
" 'Well, what the f--- were you doing playing centre?' "
Full story here: What Wayne Bennett told the All Blacks also rings true in Israel Folau debate
Wayne Bennett makes an unexpected appearance in Richie McCaw's book The Open Side.
The scene is 2008, at a leadership conference organised by the New Zealand Rugby Union of the type so beloved by sports organisations and corporate entities. All was proceeding without incident until Bennett turned it into a brutal post-mortem into the All Blacks' 2007 Rugby World Cup failure.
"Bennett walks on to the podium, looks straight at Ted [Graham Henry], Shag [Steve Hansen] and Smithy [Wayne Smith] and says, 'I don't know why the f--- you're sitting there and still got your jobs'," McCaw recounts in the book.
And the Broncos legend was just warming up.
" 'Why were you playing guys out of position?' he asks the coaches. While they were pondering that one, Bennett walks over to Mils [All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina], who's kind of scrunched down in his seat. 'Did you want to play 13?'
" 'Ah...'
" 'Where did you want to f-----n play, son?
" 'Ah fullback,' says Mils, almost apologetically.
" 'Well, what the f--- were you doing playing centre?' "
Full story here: What Wayne Bennett told the All Blacks also rings true in Israel Folau debate
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