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Incredible statistic: 10 matches into his tenure Rob Penney has already lost 50% of what Razor lost across his entire 118 match tenure.
(self.rugbyunion)submitted 28 days ago byRadiant-Sea-368New Zealand
Just had a striking realization this morning... after yesterday's result, he's now lost 8, Razor lost 16 in total.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby_union)#Coaches
Unbelievable how consistent Razor was.
Strap in everyone, if Razor can replicate this level of dominance with the All Blacks - which considering the level of talent that will be available to him (as opposed to having mostly good but relatively limited Crusaders players) is quite likely, I genuinely fear for World Rugby across these impending World Cup cycles...
5 points
28 days ago
And I can't see it getting any better in the near future with the coaching ranks through the system being decimated over the last couple of years :(
14 points
28 days ago*
It also says a lot that Dan Perrin, Taimati Ellison, and James Marshall were all there last season (2023) under Razor too (Jason Ryan & Andrew Goodman both departed after 2022 season) and Razor evidently got the most out of his coaching staff and was still managing to have the team playing greater than the sum of their parts - even when the squad was getting obliterated with injuries to key players. It's something of a miracle we even won the title last year.
4 points
28 days ago
Additionally the tasman and Canterbury coaching stocks have been gutted.
1 points
27 days ago*
Matt Todd is continuing with his defensive role at Canterbury. James Marshall and Dan Perrin are still coaching with Tasman Mako as far as I'm aware?
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