All Blacks: Dave Rennie calm after ragged Stormers win
All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie remains composed and measured following a difficult, ragged victory against the Stormers. Despite the team's tactical struggles and lack of clinical execution, Rennie maintains a calm demeanor while acknowledging the need for improvement.
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Provides insight into the leadership style and tactical preparation of a major international rugby team ahead of a high-stakes test series.
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Four games into his All Blacks tenure and it’s clear that head coach Dave Rennie is not going to bring much of an emotional range to the job.
Not publicly at least and very much as Rudyard Kipling wrote in his oft-quoted If , Rennie will treat the twin impostors of victory and defeat with much the same measured, low-key reaction.
When the All Blacks won all three July tests, Rennie was calm and understated, which was precisely his demeanour in Cape Town after the opening game of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour .
He is the guy who could win the lottery and still remember to put the bins out.
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