February 21, 2025 • 9 mins
The Chiefs beat the Crusaders in a history making win last night.
The winning margin of 25 points is the biggest the Chiefs have ever had over the Crusaders in the history of Super Rugby.
What does their coach Clayton McMillan make of the win?
"We just keep putting little kicks in behind that made it hard for them to exit out of their 22, and I guess that accumulated pressure just took its toll on them," he said.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Fyne
from Newstalks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
EDB Diamond Packer. He's cut him through on the inside,
quint through Pyre and he's fiftieth. He's gonna score under
the post quint through Pire scores and he's fiftieth game
under the stixt pet comes to Pois Bye put it
at the pire. The whys gingna peg of double who
yes Dupi scored in the corner by the Crusaders. They're
(00:31):
getting dealt to. It's forty six seventeenth.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Oh, great delight. In the commentary box last night, Minty Graham,
Minty Mead with the core. Fantastic stuff mate, the Chiefs
winning forty nine twenty four in Hamilton, piling on five
tries in the second half with a couple there as
you heard to Quintupyre, who dotted down twice on the
occasion of his fiftieth match. The victory margin of twenty
(00:54):
five points is the biggest buy the Chiefs over the
Crusaders in the history of Super rugby. So how happy
is their coach? Let's bring him in. Clayton McMillan is
with us Clayton Congression on the wind last night. How
much did you enjoy the performance that you side put on.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yeah, made it was good. I like that second half.
We really got some wind in ourselves and always played
some outstanding rugby and now it was a really pleasing result.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Seventeen all worth half an hour ago, and then twenty
five minutes later you're ahead forty six points to seventeen.
Can you just talk us through your reflections on that
period of the game in particular.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Yeah, I think again it was tight game right up
until about the fiftieth minute, and both teams have beaten
sort of stepping the energy out of each other, and
it's got a good injection again from our bench. I've
got some experienced campaigners and some athletes that can come
on and inject some speed and give us some front football.
(01:54):
But we're just technically smart too. We just kept putting
a little kicks in behind that made it hard for
them to exit out of their twenty two and I
guess that accumulated pressure just so it's.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Toll in the I know that you were sort of
shying away from any talk of a bomb squad strategy
after the win last week. That's probably going to come
up again. This week after. You know, you brought four
guys on early in the second half and then got
a couple of tries straight away. But can you tell
us about what your strategy is in the use of
your impact players.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
We have an expectation that they come on and influence
the game and without trying to do too much. There's
no real secret formula. We just have got a fairly
deep squad and part of keeping them happy is giving
them all an opportunity to play. So the first three
(02:43):
or four weeks of the competition, we've just made a
conscious decision of trying to rotate our squad so everyone
does get their chance, and that creates some internal competition,
so people feel they've got to really mail their opportunity.
And that's what's happening, which is going to make life
difficult for us, but one of those difficulties that you're
keen to embrace.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Do you think guys still want to start even though
they can see the value you're placing on them as
impact players and you probably sell it to them in
that way. Do you think most guys still want to
start the game?
Speaker 4 (03:13):
One. I've never met a rugby player yet it's happy
about being on the bench. But yeah, well one of
the avenues for forgiven in the State Jersey is to
come off the bench, And to be honest, some people
are just really good at that, and I think a
value as a start of it. Some people just have
the ability to really inject themselves into the game, change
(03:35):
the pace of the game, a little bit of extractor,
and not everyone can do that. So there's a little
bit of strategy in terms of who we bring off
the bench some respect. But yeah, I think it's just
been a little bit killington into over the last couple
of weeks that their injections, you know, sort of go
inside of what they're turning in the game.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I guess also your rewarding performance, aren't you a black
starts and he plays well, then you know it's likely
he'll start again. They can ask you about Simon Parker's
performances in the first couple of games in the sixth Jersey.
You know, is he a demonstration of that that you
know you play well, you hold your jersey yep, Like
he's just been.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Events the last couple of weeks, both sides of the ball.
He's a big lump of a lead, real heavy boned,
you know, heavy carry, heavy and in the collision areas.
But he's had a few opportunities to sort of run
and open spaces and he's been able to showcase of
skill sets. I've been super happy for him because he's
had a bit of a rich and run of injury
(04:33):
for the last four or five years. Always had potential
and now to be realized. So he he's been playing
really well, and you know that's that's been that somebody
in the quality of Sampans had to come off the bench.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
We're well aware of Leroy Carter as a sevens player
and what he's done there. Were you always confident Clayton
he could make the step to fifteen so effectively.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Yep. Yeah, I had a fair bit to do with
Leroy back in back then. He so he's always been
a massive competitor and an oultra talented movie player and
probably took him a little while. And I think the
sevens environment be really good for the professional development. His
bodies small, robust, Now those professional habits that are acquired
(05:17):
at this level of the game, he's got those down pets.
So yeah, he's he's another one made a big impression.
But yeah, we're really confident that We've picked up a
good one there.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Andy Moni Naow. Every time he plays for the Chiefs,
he just seems to impress and you have to think
that the all black selectors will take notice. Again, can
you talk about about him? Money Nada was influence on
your side.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
He's probably just that his best when he's being cheeky.
And I just speak this morning, just going back over
reviewing the game, and I see he's pulling people shorts
down in the middle of the game, and he's doing
all sorts of stuff, and I think that's you know,
when you allow people to just be themselves, then I'm
more likely to give the best of themselves. And he's
he's one of those people. I think if he's put
(06:02):
too much into a box or follow a framework, then
probably not going to see the best of him. And
in the environment we take him and everyone for who
they are and what they bring to the table floors
them all and Money is a good example of somebody
who thrives in that sort of environment.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
You reckon you might just leave Damien McKenzie at fullback
for a.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Bit well, or we might not have a choice of
a limited on fullbacks at the moment. But he's I
think he looks like he's got to smile on his
face and he's enjoying his Rugby's getting to come up
into the into the front line, into that team jersey
sort of later in games. People probably didn't realize yesterday,
but we just switched Josh Jacob and Dabian around for
the last twenty minutes, I think, and that you had
(06:46):
had a good impact and in Josh Jak and the
young fellow, he's learning a lot of Damien as well,
and I thought he probably had his one of one
of his best games for a little while, certainly for
the Chiefs, real real statement performance from him.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
You lost Luke Jacobson early after a blow to the head.
We didn't really get a look at any replays. I'm
sure you've got different angles you've seen. Did you think
that incident should have been further looked at?
Speaker 4 (07:13):
I think you're probably warranted based on the evidence of
other decisions I've seen over the last couple of weeks,
Yellow Cat, But that turned out to not be the case,
and and we just move forward. You know, like you're
going to get a few decisions that go away, and
there's going to be others that go agasue, and I
(07:35):
think the referees just a you know to them. I
think they've been doing a great job of bringing some
teampoe into the game and seeing high ball and play
minutes and a little bit of fatigue at the back
of game. So I think they've done a really good job.
And like I said, this Pandamic game, they're going to
miss a couple of things, and potentially there was one
(07:56):
of them on the weekend. And know that you know
Looke's noses but busted up and for heads some young
men like him, we would be a bit disappointed by that,
but it'll get fixed up.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Yeah, sure, that's what'll worry him the most, the look
of his nose. I'm a boy here. But he also
left the field. Any any update on his situation.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
I'll wait for a bit of a medical report this
morning on him. But he was walking around the liver
for you after the game, so we're hoping that it's
nothing seriously, there's non sort of contact injury. He just
went a step and his knee kind of gave way,
and he will find out a little bit more to
around the seriousness of that.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
All right, Just to finish all anybody's going to be
talking about today in rugby circles. Is the way the
Chiefs played in that second half last night. People are
watching replays, all your players will be getting pumped up
by the fans and their mates. How will you keep
them grounded when you come together on Monday.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
This pretty grounded group has been a group that's been
through some adversity. We've been to the big dance a
few times, haven't quite got it done. So it's just
we've just learned that what happened in round one and
two is very little bearing on what happens later on
in the season other than accumulating and building your game
(09:07):
and in some confidence and just enjoying tuning out to
work every day. Say these boats keep your feet through
me on the ground and nfday either look like floating
off a little bit, we're pretty quick to bring them
back down. So not just heavy with the way we've
been playing, but we've got some big games ahead of
us over the next four weeks hidden into our bios.
So where were just tuning our attention to the boundaries
(09:31):
now and we prepare well, we'll give usselves a good
opportunity of performing well.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Great performance last night Clayton. Congratulations, thanks for joining us, mate.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
Yeah, you have a great day.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
To Clayton, I'm sure you will a very relaxing day
watching the other teams beat each other up now as
you did to the Crusaders last night. It's Clayton McMillan,
head coach of the Chiefs.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news Talks z'd be weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Fyne
from Newstalks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
EDB Diamond Packer. He's cut him through on the inside,
quint through Pyre and he's fiftieth. He's gonna score under
the post quint through Pire scores and he's fiftieth game
under the stixt pet comes to Pois Bye put it
at the pire. The whys gingna peg of double who
yes Dupi scored in the corner by the Crusaders. They're
(00:31):
getting dealt to. It's forty six seventeenth.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Oh, great delight. In the commentary box last night, Minty Graham,
Minty Mead with the core. Fantastic stuff mate, the Chiefs
winning forty nine twenty four in Hamilton, piling on five
tries in the second half with a couple there as
you heard to Quintupyre, who dotted down twice on the
occasion of his fiftieth match. The victory margin of twenty
(00:54):
five points is the biggest buy the Chiefs over the
Crusaders in the history of Super rugby. So how happy
is their coach? Let's bring him in. Clayton McMillan is
with us Clayton Congression on the wind last night. How
much did you enjoy the performance that you side put on.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yeah, made it was good. I like that second half.
We really got some wind in ourselves and always played
some outstanding rugby and now it was a really pleasing result.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Seventeen all worth half an hour ago, and then twenty
five minutes later you're ahead forty six points to seventeen.
Can you just talk us through your reflections on that
period of the game in particular.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Yeah, I think again it was tight game right up
until about the fiftieth minute, and both teams have beaten
sort of stepping the energy out of each other, and
it's got a good injection again from our bench. I've
got some experienced campaigners and some athletes that can come
on and inject some speed and give us some front football.
(01:54):
But we're just technically smart too. We just kept putting
a little kicks in behind that made it hard for
them to exit out of their twenty two and I
guess that accumulated pressure just so it's.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Toll in the I know that you were sort of
shying away from any talk of a bomb squad strategy
after the win last week. That's probably going to come
up again. This week after. You know, you brought four
guys on early in the second half and then got
a couple of tries straight away. But can you tell
us about what your strategy is in the use of
your impact players.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
We have an expectation that they come on and influence
the game and without trying to do too much. There's
no real secret formula. We just have got a fairly
deep squad and part of keeping them happy is giving
them all an opportunity to play. So the first three
(02:43):
or four weeks of the competition, we've just made a
conscious decision of trying to rotate our squad so everyone
does get their chance, and that creates some internal competition,
so people feel they've got to really mail their opportunity.
And that's what's happening, which is going to make life
difficult for us, but one of those difficulties that you're
keen to embrace.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Do you think guys still want to start even though
they can see the value you're placing on them as
impact players and you probably sell it to them in
that way. Do you think most guys still want to
start the game?
Speaker 4 (03:13):
One. I've never met a rugby player yet it's happy
about being on the bench. But yeah, well one of
the avenues for forgiven in the State Jersey is to
come off the bench, And to be honest, some people
are just really good at that, and I think a
value as a start of it. Some people just have
the ability to really inject themselves into the game, change
(03:35):
the pace of the game, a little bit of extractor,
and not everyone can do that. So there's a little
bit of strategy in terms of who we bring off
the bench some respect. But yeah, I think it's just
been a little bit killington into over the last couple
of weeks that their injections, you know, sort of go
inside of what they're turning in the game.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I guess also your rewarding performance, aren't you a black
starts and he plays well, then you know it's likely
he'll start again. They can ask you about Simon Parker's
performances in the first couple of games in the sixth Jersey.
You know, is he a demonstration of that that you
know you play well, you hold your jersey yep, Like
he's just been.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Events the last couple of weeks, both sides of the ball.
He's a big lump of a lead, real heavy boned,
you know, heavy carry, heavy and in the collision areas.
But he's had a few opportunities to sort of run
and open spaces and he's been able to showcase of
skill sets. I've been super happy for him because he's
had a bit of a rich and run of injury
(04:33):
for the last four or five years. Always had potential
and now to be realized. So he he's been playing
really well, and you know that's that's been that somebody
in the quality of Sampans had to come off the bench.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
We're well aware of Leroy Carter as a sevens player
and what he's done there. Were you always confident Clayton
he could make the step to fifteen so effectively.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Yep. Yeah, I had a fair bit to do with
Leroy back in back then. He so he's always been
a massive competitor and an oultra talented movie player and
probably took him a little while. And I think the
sevens environment be really good for the professional development. His
bodies small, robust, Now those professional habits that are acquired
(05:17):
at this level of the game, he's got those down pets.
So yeah, he's he's another one made a big impression.
But yeah, we're really confident that We've picked up a
good one there.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Andy Moni Naow. Every time he plays for the Chiefs,
he just seems to impress and you have to think
that the all black selectors will take notice. Again, can
you talk about about him? Money Nada was influence on
your side.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
He's probably just that his best when he's being cheeky.
And I just speak this morning, just going back over
reviewing the game, and I see he's pulling people shorts
down in the middle of the game, and he's doing
all sorts of stuff, and I think that's you know,
when you allow people to just be themselves, then I'm
more likely to give the best of themselves. And he's
he's one of those people. I think if he's put
(06:02):
too much into a box or follow a framework, then
probably not going to see the best of him. And
in the environment we take him and everyone for who
they are and what they bring to the table floors
them all and Money is a good example of somebody
who thrives in that sort of environment.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
You reckon you might just leave Damien McKenzie at fullback
for a.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Bit well, or we might not have a choice of
a limited on fullbacks at the moment. But he's I
think he looks like he's got to smile on his
face and he's enjoying his Rugby's getting to come up
into the into the front line, into that team jersey
sort of later in games. People probably didn't realize yesterday,
but we just switched Josh Jacob and Dabian around for
the last twenty minutes, I think, and that you had
(06:46):
had a good impact and in Josh Jak and the
young fellow, he's learning a lot of Damien as well,
and I thought he probably had his one of one
of his best games for a little while, certainly for
the Chiefs, real real statement performance from him.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
You lost Luke Jacobson early after a blow to the head.
We didn't really get a look at any replays. I'm
sure you've got different angles you've seen. Did you think
that incident should have been further looked at?
Speaker 4 (07:13):
I think you're probably warranted based on the evidence of
other decisions I've seen over the last couple of weeks,
Yellow Cat, But that turned out to not be the case,
and and we just move forward. You know, like you're
going to get a few decisions that go away, and
there's going to be others that go agasue, and I
(07:35):
think the referees just a you know to them. I
think they've been doing a great job of bringing some
teampoe into the game and seeing high ball and play
minutes and a little bit of fatigue at the back
of game. So I think they've done a really good job.
And like I said, this Pandamic game, they're going to
miss a couple of things, and potentially there was one
(07:56):
of them on the weekend. And know that you know
Looke's noses but busted up and for heads some young
men like him, we would be a bit disappointed by that,
but it'll get fixed up.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Yeah, sure, that's what'll worry him the most, the look
of his nose. I'm a boy here. But he also
left the field. Any any update on his situation.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
I'll wait for a bit of a medical report this
morning on him. But he was walking around the liver
for you after the game, so we're hoping that it's
nothing seriously, there's non sort of contact injury. He just
went a step and his knee kind of gave way,
and he will find out a little bit more to
around the seriousness of that.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
All right, Just to finish all anybody's going to be
talking about today in rugby circles. Is the way the
Chiefs played in that second half last night. People are
watching replays, all your players will be getting pumped up
by the fans and their mates. How will you keep
them grounded when you come together on Monday.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
This pretty grounded group has been a group that's been
through some adversity. We've been to the big dance a
few times, haven't quite got it done. So it's just
we've just learned that what happened in round one and
two is very little bearing on what happens later on
in the season other than accumulating and building your game
(09:07):
and in some confidence and just enjoying tuning out to
work every day. Say these boats keep your feet through
me on the ground and nfday either look like floating
off a little bit, we're pretty quick to bring them
back down. So not just heavy with the way we've
been playing, but we've got some big games ahead of
us over the next four weeks hidden into our bios.
So where were just tuning our attention to the boundaries
(09:31):
now and we prepare well, we'll give usselves a good
opportunity of performing well.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Great performance last night Clayton. Congratulations, thanks for joining us, mate.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
Yeah, you have a great day.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
To Clayton, I'm sure you will a very relaxing day
watching the other teams beat each other up now as
you did to the Crusaders last night. It's Clayton McMillan,
head coach of the Chiefs.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news Talks z'd be weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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