Some would have a nervous breakdown now and be demanding boycotts if they referred to one of the shades of brown polish now in the way that they did decades ago.
There isn't a grown up version of Rugby. It's like choosing between Arsenal and Leeds. There is no good answer.
A lot of those lads are getting on tho and the team needed refreshing, we'll be fine, unlike other small countries like the windies where cricket is concerned for eg who have lost swathes of promising kids to other sports being an all black is still the number one aim for lads in NZ and I can't see that changing. Robertson as coach isn't universally loved, even today I thought the call to take roigard off was a baffling one, bit most alarming is how we've gone backwards in defence, we are shocking under the high ball and other than lineouts today, I can't recall us forcing many turnovers....we just seem easier to get at, but this happens to all the great teams in every sport, no one can stay on top forever and it's the challenge to get back which keeps it interesting
