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    Murphy’s Law of coaching

    Feb 16, 2020 3 minutes
    by Paul Thomas

    This is a tale of two beleaguered coaches: the Black Caps’ Gary Stead and England rugby’s Eddie Jones. Although the notion of rolling them into one to create Steady Eddie appeals, they’re such different personality types that the hybrid would be the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of the coaches’ box.

    Cantabrian Stead is so low-key and self-effacing that he makes understated new All Blacks coach Ian Foster seem like European football’s human headline and self-styled “special one” José Mourinho. One suspects the casual Kiwi cricket fan

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