{"id":11305,"date":"2012-06-10T11:06:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T09:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/rugby-hansen-happy-with-positive-start-to-new-all-blacks-era\/"},"modified":"2012-06-10T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T09:06:59","slug":"rugby-hansen-happy-with-positive-start-to-new-all-blacks-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-hansen-happy-with-positive-start-to-new-all-blacks-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Hansen happy with positive start to new All Blacks era"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Greg Stutchbury<\/span><\/p>\n

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AUCKLAND, June 10<\/span> (Reuters) – Nursing a cup of coffee and
\nlooking like a man who had not had much sleep after conducting
\ntwo post-match analyses, Steve Hansen woke to the first day of a
\nnew era in All Blacks rugby on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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At Eden Park on Saturday, his team had dispatched Ireland
\n42-10 in the first of three tests, with debutant winger Julian
\nSavea scoring a hat-trick of tries as the experienced spine of
\nthe team gave the big Wellingtonian plenty of space to exploit.<\/p>\n

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Hansen, who stepped into the job after eight years as Graham
\nHenry’s assistant, was keen to reiterate it was a good first
\nstep as he built a team capable of defending the Webb Ellis
\ntrophy in 2015.<\/p>\n

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“What we were looking for was really good attitude and
\ntrying to establish some patterns we had been working on,”
\nHansen told reporters at the team hotel of the first test win.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“You also expect your team to take a bit of a while to
\ngel… and they gelled pretty quickly to be fair.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“So I’m very happy.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Much had been made of the need to leave last year’s World
\nCup triumph in the past as the All Blacks focus on staying at
\nthe summit of world rugby, something not easily achieved by
\nprevious champions the year after lifting the game’s ultimate
\nprize.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Hansen had said after the match on Saturday he had been
\npleased with the way his experienced players took on that
\nresponsibility, though the 8-7 victory over France to win the
\nWorld Cup last October had alleviated a lot of pressure.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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