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<blockquote data-quote="Gay-Guy" data-source="post: 62432"><p>Hart actually knew that Zinzan, Jones, and Bunce were not going to make it to RWC '99......</p><p></p><p>With Bunce he just clean told him to pack......</p><p></p><p>Walter Littles injury stuffed him up...he was still young</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But basically Hart knew what was happening and knew what was going and coming......he just did not prepare properly for the transitions.........and these players did not leave just before the '99 RWC.....they were gone before the '98 season started..........the AB's played 2 seasons without them and the '99 season was actually a good one for the AB's....apart from that little tournament at the end</p><p></p><p>Henry has had a quiet word with Tana and thus begun the transition of the AB captaincy.....if he didn't communicate with Tana and they dragged out his career longer.....the '07 RWC may be a rude awakening to the AB's with their leaders. Hart did what he did to clear the way for the new folks to get ready.....but he did not have the coaching nous to out think the Aussies and the S.A teams......he could not bring back Mains players and their game plan for the new strategies of the other top tiers..........how can an AB team with a good enough lead in the second half of a RWC final against a team they put 50 points on earlier that year....suddenly capitulate and collapse in 20 minutes...........unless the AB plan was flawed and waiting to be exploited....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gay-Guy, post: 62432"] Hart actually knew that Zinzan, Jones, and Bunce were not going to make it to RWC '99...... With Bunce he just clean told him to pack...... Walter Littles injury stuffed him up...he was still young But basically Hart knew what was happening and knew what was going and coming......he just did not prepare properly for the transitions.........and these players did not leave just before the '99 RWC.....they were gone before the '98 season started..........the AB's played 2 seasons without them and the '99 season was actually a good one for the AB's....apart from that little tournament at the end Henry has had a quiet word with Tana and thus begun the transition of the AB captaincy.....if he didn't communicate with Tana and they dragged out his career longer.....the '07 RWC may be a rude awakening to the AB's with their leaders. Hart did what he did to clear the way for the new folks to get ready.....but he did not have the coaching nous to out think the Aussies and the S.A teams......he could not bring back Mains players and their game plan for the new strategies of the other top tiers..........how can an AB team with a good enough lead in the second half of a RWC final against a team they put 50 points on earlier that year....suddenly capitulate and collapse in 20 minutes...........unless the AB plan was flawed and waiting to be exploited.... [/QUOTE]
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