Graham Henry Quotes (24 Quotes)

I thought we played some superb rugby in the first half we played well in the last 10 minutes again to win the game and that's probably a summary,

The medical advice for Luke is clear. Surgery is the best option.

It's certainly been the area where there has been the most discussion,

The game is getting more and more physical and injuries are more common. For any major campaign, we need to be two-deep at every position and three-deep at some specialist positions.

Whether they do or not will be another story, we'll have to wait and see.

The team showed a huge amount of character and heart out there. Maybe they wouldn't have handled it at other times.

We tried to attack around the ruck. There was a concentration in trying to go up the guts.

I have not heard anything else from the doctor, who I will be seeing later this morning about it.

We spend more time talking about that area of the game than anywhere else and there are going to be some very good players who are disappointed, but we can't take everyone.

The old rivalry, which may not have been so strong two, three years ago, is back, and it's marvelous.

What we're trying to do is make sure we unearth the players, if we haven't already done so, who are going to be there for 2007.

But if everything runs well over the next few months it's obvious.

Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis in the best interest of the individual. So we need to look at how much rugby any given player has had since the beginning of the year, the amount of contact, their position, plus any injury history.

We would like him to start and will hold the door open as long as possible. If his ankle is no good, then we start Conrad Smith.

We want to get players into the Air New Zealand NPC as soon as possible. Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis in the best interest of the individual.

No, I just thought I'd mention it to you people (the media).

It's the most difficult team we've had to pick as selectors. Across the board we have guys who are playing outstanding rugby. For example, Rico Gear scored a hat-trick against Wales and can't get in the team.

This game is pivotal for the result of the Tri-Nations, so we can't go ahead and win the Tri-Nations unless we do the business tomorrow night.

That's a marvelous achievement for George. New Zealanders have a huge amount of respect for him as a person and as a player and to be the fourth person to achieve that milestone is huge and everybody respects and appreciates what he has done.

Stephen Jones is a world-class player now, a very good goal-kicker, a good kicker from hand and navigates the team well

He's explosive, he's big, he's got presence on the field, and he's probably the best line breaker in this country. He just needs experience playing in the midfield probably at 13.

It was true that I was keen for him to stay. However I have spoken to him three or four times in Japan. I did not twist his arm to come back. He wants to play for the All Blacks.

We thought the fresh player would be a good option this week,

A marvelous test match, right at the top end of international competition, I would have thought.