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Robbie Deans - Red Black and Gold (Hardcover)
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Robbie Deans - Red Black and Gold (Hardcover)
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The career of Robbie Deans is without parallel in the annals of New
Zealand rugby. He was an All Black, the pin-up boy of the
Canterbury team, and a rebel with the Cavaliers during a 12-year
playing career. Even greater acclaim has followed as one of the
best coaches of the modern era. After 17 years coaching
professionally, Robbie still boasts a 70 percent success rate. He
remains Super Rugby's most successful coach, six seasons after his
departure from the Crusaders. His influence on the All Blacks when
the current era of Bledisloe Cup supremacy began was such that
Richie McCaw and Leon MacDonald both say he should have been in
charge rather than John Mitchell's assistant. Then he was lost to
New Zealand, appointed as Australia's first foreign-born coach
after his homeland controversially turned its back on him. Yet
Robbie remains a personality we don't really know. For the first
time, he opens up on his career: from the triumphs of his formative
years, through Canterbury's glory days in the early 1980s, and the
experiences that shaped the man and the coach. With the same
honesty he brings to his coaching, Robbie reveals the old-fashioned
values that have underpinned the Crusaders dynasty. He offers an
insight into his All Black association with Mitchell and the
background in his failure to land the top job himself. He also
breaks the silence on his removal from the Wallabies coaching job,
examining in depth five turbulent years where the systemic and
cultural challenges off the field were every bit as daunting and
unrelenting as was confronting the best team on the planet. From
the opening accounts, which are provided by All Black Dan Carter
and Wallaby David Pocock, the story is told by those who know
Robbie best. It is a fascinating story of a truly great era in
rugby, with detailed and frank observations at almost every turn
from the players, coaches, and administrators he was most closely
associated with. They know the real Robbie.
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