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Resting Players good or bad?
Graham Henry has got the right idea by hoping his All Blacks will get a break from rugby during the season next year. If inly a few weeks.
What i dont agree with though, is how he treats his fringe players such as Cruden and Stanley. These guys basically trained for 2 or 3 months with minimal game time. Henry has a notion that being in the All Blacks camp is more beneficial than playing rugby. I disagree. Crudens first test start was doomed to fail, he is a guy that plays well when he plays rugby, Henry had him basically coming from 80 minutes of rugby in 2 months and expected him to perform.
Some of the All Blacks will not have played a game for 7 weeks by Hong Kong i think that is too long a break and they should all play at least one game of ITM cup before then.
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- Bill PLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Resting a player to get over niggling injuries is great. Having players rested before the RWC was tried by the Kiwis before and it backfired badly.
- 1 decade ago
one of the keys to winning the world cup is how you battle injuries.
injuries will happen regardless but going into the tournament beat up is a sure way to exit the tournament early.
bottom line, rest your players now, let them get through any ailing injuries and be fresh for the World Cup
