Rugby: Henry steps down as All Blacks coach
Announced that he was stepping down just nine days after guiding the team to a Rugby World Cup win in New Zealand.
WELLINGTON:
All Blacks coach Graham Henry, one of the world’s most successful coaches, announced that he was stepping down just nine days after guiding the team to a Rugby World Cup win in New Zealand. Henry said that after eight years and 103 Tests in charge of the All Blacks, with a remarkable winning average of 85.4 percent, he had ‘had enough’ and had no desire to coach again. “It’s been an enormous privilege to coach the All Blacks and I am exceptionally proud of how the team has added to the All Blacks legacy over the last eight years,” said Henry.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2011.
All Blacks coach Graham Henry, one of the world’s most successful coaches, announced that he was stepping down just nine days after guiding the team to a Rugby World Cup win in New Zealand. Henry said that after eight years and 103 Tests in charge of the All Blacks, with a remarkable winning average of 85.4 percent, he had ‘had enough’ and had no desire to coach again. “It’s been an enormous privilege to coach the All Blacks and I am exceptionally proud of how the team has added to the All Blacks legacy over the last eight years,” said Henry.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2011.