January 14, 2026 • 5 mins
A former All Black on current coach Scott Robertson’s future.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Richard Lowe joined us. Lowe, Look, I tell you what
this is not just smoke signals. It's a raging inferno
around a Raiser Robertson and his future which seems like
it's all over. What's your take or what have you heard? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Good, I have known has here probably what you've heard.
Plenty of opinions out there, But who do you go
to in the end?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Z are.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
To ask the question too, because you know you talk
about raised and has seen going. There's no CEO, there's
no CFO, no high performance, no commercials, there's just you know,
for the last few years it's been disintegrating in the
head office, so you know, and the way they treated
you think back the way they treated Fozzy Free Raiso
(00:49):
wasn't great. So you know, yeah, there has to be
a bit of accountability somewhere along the line. And I
think there's that many jumped ship before this even came about,
Isn't that correct?
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah? I think so. I think we've got to look
at some of the issues, well a lot of issues.
But your old teammate, David Kirk, he's the guy who
sits in the big seat. I suppose hopefully he's from
a board level that we are addressing some of these issues.
I mean, as you say, they need to be addressed,
but first and foremost, I would have to say, though,
you've got to go back and if it pans out
(01:26):
and we're standing by to hear what the latest on
Raiser Robinson is the minute he was doing the buller,
if you don't pick me, I'm off to coach FIGI
as far as I was concerned, he'd burned his own
house down then and showed no respect to Ian Foster
in terms of demanding that he should be coaching. He's
he on Rugby sent Joe Smiden there to find out more.
And I don't think he I mean I can't. I'm
not quoting him, but I'm not sure He's the biggest
(01:47):
raisor fan in the world. So it's kind of come
home to roost, really, hasn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Yeah, And it's probably because Raper has his own team
and there are whether it be whether it be Henry
Penson or even Wayne Smith. They get their own people
around them, and I think raises lot, barring Jace Ryan,
(02:14):
which has proved himself under a couple of different coaches,
has the experience and the ability where you go to
Scott Hanson and co Tomothy Ellison. They haven't. And when
you see, you know Leon McDonald and Holland. Leo McDonald's
only there a month or two before he said no,
(02:35):
he can't work with it. Holland did that and said
it at the end of this last tour or before
the doer, but he just walked back into the hurricanes.
Don't the same people pay the wages at both organizations?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
You know?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
So should There were warning signs all over the place
we went there before this raised its head this week.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Bottom line is lowly end of the day. The performances
weren't good enough. Okay, there were enough, there were seventy
four percent winning percentage, but when we got thumped, we
got absolutely pinned. I mean Damien McKenzie's miracle try against Scotland.
I mean we should have been out the back door
that day. But I give credit to some of the
players the fact that they were able to guts it
(03:17):
out even though things internally weren't that good.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah, you know, you throw that game in with the
Argentine in England and there I say, Wellington Springbot Test.
They weren't great performances, but you know these are professional players.
They you know, something's going wrong if they should be
able to get out on the field and play the game.
You know, I just think from what an old timer
(03:44):
looking in, I think one or two things that they are.
They are probably training too much and not playing enough
these days. If someone has a sixty minute go before
the subject, I've had a big outing, which is rubbish.
And then we you know, there are a lot of
players play eighty minutes, but only a few play you know,
(04:06):
show play that. But the other one is, you know,
too many voices. Yeah, yeah, at halftime with a spring box.
I'd suggest if any of the assistant coaches, for example,
Tony Brown wanted to say something to the players, I
bet you it comes out of Rathmas's mouth, not Tony's.
(04:26):
And you know, you look at our team, the All Blacks.
They look to be going okay in the first half.
They come out half time and they look bewildered. Who
do we listen to first? Who are constructions? You know,
they're about half a dozen different coaches and then Raiser
probably has his five six worth and it just confuses
(04:48):
it all.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
So you know.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It should be should be one command, does it all?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
During the week. You've got an assistant coaching helping, but
you know the instructions should come from one person.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I feel yeah, and that's cobably going to it seems
like it's we understand Jamie, Joseph Dave, Rennie Tanner, Humanger
in the Capitol today. I'd be happy with them. I'd
want Joe Smith to be involved at some level. But
we'll stand by Lowe. Okay, thank you for your time.
Richard low iconic all black front row. Don't forget low
He played forty nine tests with eighty minutes every time,
so add that up you can see where he gets
(05:22):
a bit of a Ben has bonded about that one.
We're standing by to hear what is the latest on
Razor Robinson. By all accounts, he's got his own ghosts
burnt down, his own house. Seems like he's gone. We
will keep your posted here on the Country
Richard Lowe joined us. Lowe, Look, I tell you what
this is not just smoke signals. It's a raging inferno
around a Raiser Robertson and his future which seems like
it's all over. What's your take or what have you heard? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Good, I have known has here probably what you've heard.
Plenty of opinions out there, But who do you go
to in the end?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Z are.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
To ask the question too, because you know you talk
about raised and has seen going. There's no CEO, there's
no CFO, no high performance, no commercials, there's just you know,
for the last few years it's been disintegrating in the
head office, so you know, and the way they treated
you think back the way they treated Fozzy Free Raiso
(00:49):
wasn't great. So you know, yeah, there has to be
a bit of accountability somewhere along the line. And I
think there's that many jumped ship before this even came about,
Isn't that correct?
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah? I think so. I think we've got to look
at some of the issues, well a lot of issues.
But your old teammate, David Kirk, he's the guy who
sits in the big seat. I suppose hopefully he's from
a board level that we are addressing some of these issues.
I mean, as you say, they need to be addressed,
but first and foremost, I would have to say, though,
you've got to go back and if it pans out
(01:26):
and we're standing by to hear what the latest on
Raiser Robinson is the minute he was doing the buller,
if you don't pick me, I'm off to coach FIGI
as far as I was concerned, he'd burned his own
house down then and showed no respect to Ian Foster
in terms of demanding that he should be coaching. He's
he on Rugby sent Joe Smiden there to find out more.
And I don't think he I mean I can't. I'm
not quoting him, but I'm not sure He's the biggest
(01:47):
raisor fan in the world. So it's kind of come
home to roost, really, hasn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Yeah, And it's probably because Raper has his own team
and there are whether it be whether it be Henry
Penson or even Wayne Smith. They get their own people
around them, and I think raises lot, barring Jace Ryan,
(02:14):
which has proved himself under a couple of different coaches,
has the experience and the ability where you go to
Scott Hanson and co Tomothy Ellison. They haven't. And when
you see, you know Leon McDonald and Holland. Leo McDonald's
only there a month or two before he said no,
(02:35):
he can't work with it. Holland did that and said
it at the end of this last tour or before
the doer, but he just walked back into the hurricanes.
Don't the same people pay the wages at both organizations?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
You know?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
So should There were warning signs all over the place
we went there before this raised its head this week.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Bottom line is lowly end of the day. The performances
weren't good enough. Okay, there were enough, there were seventy
four percent winning percentage, but when we got thumped, we
got absolutely pinned. I mean Damien McKenzie's miracle try against Scotland.
I mean we should have been out the back door
that day. But I give credit to some of the
players the fact that they were able to guts it
(03:17):
out even though things internally weren't that good.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah, you know, you throw that game in with the
Argentine in England and there I say, Wellington Springbot Test.
They weren't great performances, but you know these are professional players.
They you know, something's going wrong if they should be
able to get out on the field and play the game.
You know, I just think from what an old timer
(03:44):
looking in, I think one or two things that they are.
They are probably training too much and not playing enough
these days. If someone has a sixty minute go before
the subject, I've had a big outing, which is rubbish.
And then we you know, there are a lot of
players play eighty minutes, but only a few play you know,
(04:06):
show play that. But the other one is, you know,
too many voices. Yeah, yeah, at halftime with a spring box.
I'd suggest if any of the assistant coaches, for example,
Tony Brown wanted to say something to the players, I
bet you it comes out of Rathmas's mouth, not Tony's.
(04:26):
And you know, you look at our team, the All Blacks.
They look to be going okay in the first half.
They come out half time and they look bewildered. Who
do we listen to first? Who are constructions? You know,
they're about half a dozen different coaches and then Raiser
probably has his five six worth and it just confuses
(04:48):
it all.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
So you know.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It should be should be one command, does it all?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
During the week. You've got an assistant coaching helping, but
you know the instructions should come from one person.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I feel yeah, and that's cobably going to it seems
like it's we understand Jamie, Joseph Dave, Rennie Tanner, Humanger
in the Capitol today. I'd be happy with them. I'd
want Joe Smith to be involved at some level. But
we'll stand by Lowe. Okay, thank you for your time.
Richard low iconic all black front row. Don't forget low
He played forty nine tests with eighty minutes every time,
so add that up you can see where he gets
(05:22):
a bit of a Ben has bonded about that one.
We're standing by to hear what is the latest on
Razor Robinson. By all accounts, he's got his own ghosts
burnt down, his own house. Seems like he's gone. We
will keep your posted here on the Country
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