adminLONDON. — New Zealand rugby coach Steve Hansen, who has kept the All Blacks as the number one side in the world since taking over four years ago, lives by a simple philosophy: “Make sure we get better at what we do”. The straight-shooting New Zealander does not like to over-complicate the situation.
Behind his laconic exterior, however, is a shrewd operator tasked with arguably the toughest job in rugby-crazed New Zealand, where maintaining the All Blacks at the top ranks alongside any business or political post.
“We know if we carry on doing what we’ve always done it won’t be good enough, everyone else is looking to get better too,” he says. “We’ll look to add to our game in different ways and hopefully we can perfect that by the time we get to the World Cup.”
Even when the All Blacks lost the Rugby Championship decider to Australia less than six weeks from the start of the World Cup Hansen was unfazed, seeing similarities to when they lost to Australia before the 2011 World Cup. — AFP.
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