Kieran Crowley
Kieran Crowley
Kieran James Crowleyis a New Zealand rugby union coach, who was previously head coach of the Canadian men's rugby team. He is now the head coach of Italian side Benetton Treviso. He is a former member of the New Zealand All Blacks where he played as a fullback. He has also coached the New Zealand Under-19s in the 2007 World Championships as well as coaching provincial side Taranaki...
mount pressure throughout
It was disappointing because we just couldn't mount any pressure throughout the game,
acid almost bay final gave good guys plenty remember won
It's probably almost like a final for them so the acid is really going to be on us. Most of the guys can still remember two years ago up there (when Bay of Plenty won 22-13). They gave us a good going over that day. We know what we are in for.
success thinking self
It gives the guys confidence and self-belief. Two or three years ago I think we would have lost it. The confidence that we have, we can actually nail it.
biggest kept played players stuck task
The biggest thing was that our players stuck to the task and kept working on what we had planned, even when Auckland got out to 13-0 without really having played that much rugby,
team focus consistency
Mentally, (consistency) is important when you're not used to rugby at that level. Some of the smaller teams in this tournament are staying with the stronger sides for 60 minutes, but not the full 80 because of it.
certainly playing
He has to be considered, he's certainly playing well,
harder level skill tried worse
Our skill level let us down big time. The harder we tried the worse it got.
easily expected faith guys hard held maintained people rewarded task trying worked
It could very easily have got away from us at that point. Most people probably expected that it would but the guys held their focus, maintained the faith in what they were trying to achieve, worked hard and were rewarded for that. The task for us now is to try and do it again.
grow helped leadership super time zealand
His leadership has come up this year. His time in Super 12 and with New Zealand A has helped him grow as a player.