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Posted Monday, 19 October 2009 in coach's column
We’ve just come off a very hard match against Hawke’s Bay and we’ve qualified for a home semi-final but first we’ve got to defend the Ranfurly Shield against Southland at AMI Stadium on Thursday night.
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Posted Thursday, 1 October 2009 in coach's column
After three weeks of defending the Ranfurly Shield against Otago, Taranaki and Northland, we’re on the road to play Counties-Manukau.
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Posted Friday, 18 September 2009 in coach's column
We successfully defended the Ranfurly Shield against Otago, now we turn our attentions to an equally tough prospect in Taranaki.
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Posted Wednesday, 9 September 2009 in coach's column
Last weekend’s loss to Bay of Plenty was a big wake-up call for the players after they lifted the Ranfurly Shield off Wellington a week earlier.
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Posted Tuesday, 25 August 2009 in coach's column
We were all happy to get the victory over Tasman at AMI Stadium on Saturday, but we’ve got to take the lessons learned from that match into this weekend – a Ranfurly Shield challenge against Wellington.
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Posted Wednesday, 19 August 2009 in coach's column
We’ve bounced back from our opening loss to North Harbour with victories over Auckland away and Waikato at home and the team is improving all the time.
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Posted Monday, 3 August 2009 in coach's column
We’ve begun the season with a narrow loss to North Harbour but there were plenty of good signs there for myself and Tabai and the team will be better for the match.
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Posted Tuesday, 7 July 2009 in coach's column
I’d like to take this opportunity in my first column of the season to welcome all you Canterbury fans back to Red and Black rugby. I’d also like to welcome Tabai Matson, Canterbury’s new assistant coach this season.
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Posted Wednesday, 20 August 2008 in coach's column
Saturday’s win was extremely pleasing and I’m not sure when Canterbury last scored six unanswered tries against Auckland. Given the limited experience of this side, it was a very good performance and I was proud of them.
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Posted Monday, 28 July 2008 in coach's column
Well, we are here. After months of planning and preparing we are finally about to kick-off the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup. Both the Canterbury players and management have long been looking forward to this date and now, only days away, we are fizzing at the prospect.