D'Arcy Waldegrave: Scott Robertson needs to come home undefeated.

No ifs, buts or maybes. No excuses. No shoulda coulda woulda.  

Scott Robertson needs to come home from the Northern tour undefeated. 

4 zip. Grand Slam in tow.  

Am I expecting too much? Hell no. 

This is Razor’s mid-term exam. After being awarded a 4 year contract by NZR, an oddity in itself, the faith must be repaid. Repaid to the NZR but most importantly to the fans. 

Granted, World Cup victory is the ultimate measure of any international rugby team’s worth, a multitude of 4-year cycle result sins can be erased with success in one tournament, but NZ rugby fans won’t wait that long to taste Razors pudding. The proof of his tenure’s success is how tasty the spoonful is at the end of this tour. Soured by only one defeat will leave us all asking questions of the chef. 

This is a mini–World Cup. The last pool game, then a quarter, a semi and the final. Not that the Welsh will be in the WC final but hey. 

Short of the locks, this team is the best that the AB’s can muster. Their edge has been keenly sharpened on the whetstone of a pulsating and competitive Rugby Championship. They’ve had a couple of weeks off to breathe and reset, a swag of cavalry has returned and now we wait to see if Robertson has unlocked the door to international coaching success.  

He’s had a couple of years. He’s trialled many a player, many a game plan. He’s had his share of failures, the much maligned fourth quarter impotence for example, his inability to retain coaching staff, and he oversaw arguably the worst 40 minutes of All Black rugby in recent memory, the horror show in Wellington against the Springboks. So he’s been given rope, plenty of rope, what’s he going to do with it? Tie himself in knots, fashion a noose, who knows. 

I do know though, that 4 nil is a necessity for this side and this coach, and no correspondence will be entered into.

Scott Robertson needs to come home from the Northern tour undefeated. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the All Sport Breakfast podcast with Darcy
Waldgrave from News Talk ZEDB.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
We all know what it is, right, It's Test rugby weekend.
It's the start of a massive end of year tour.
Noah's butts or maybe it's nothing, no excuses, no shouldar
could a water. Scott Robinson needs to come home from
the Northern Tour undefeated for ZIP Grand Slam and tow
my expecting too much. Hell no, this is Rasor's mid

(00:36):
term exam after being awarded a four year contract by
j R, which is an oddity in itself. The faith
must be repaid, repaid to the ndz R, but most
importantly repaid to us, the fans grunted. World Cup victory
is the ultimate measure of any international rugby teams, where
it's a multitude of four year cycle results. Sins can

(00:59):
be erased with success in one tournament, but the zaid
and rugby fans won't wait that long to taste raises pudding.
The proof of his tenure success is how tasty this
spoonful is at the end of this tour is soured
by only one defeat will leave us all asking questions.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Of the chef.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
This is a mini World Cup. The last pool game,
then a quarter and a semi and a final. Not
that the world shall be in the World Cup final,
but hey, in short of the locks, this team is
the best that the Abs can muster. Their edge has
been keenly sharpened on the wetstone of a pulsating and
competitive rugby championship. They've had a couple of weeks off

(01:39):
to breathe and reset. The swag of cavalry returned, and
now we wait to see if Robertson has unlocked the
door to international coaching success. He's had a couple of years.
He's trialed many a player, many a game plan. He's
had his share of failures that are much maligned fourth

(01:59):
quarter impotence for example, his inability to retain coaching stuff,
and he oversaw arguably the worst forty minutes of all
Black rugby in recent memory. That Arashell and Wellington against
the spring box. So he's been given plenty of rope
over the two years, plenty plenty of rope. What's he
going to do with it? Time himself and knots, fashion

(02:22):
and noose? Who knows? But it starts now. We don't
want to wait for another two years for a World
Cup to see if this punt has been successful. We
want to see the results now from these eyes. I
want to see the fruits of his two years of labor,
and I want them harvested with a flourish. That'll do.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
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