"All Blacks Must Be BULLETPROOF" | Sir Graham Henry On Why Defence WINS World Cups

World Cup winning coach Sir Graham Henry joins Martin Devlin on DSPN to postmortem the All Blacks' Bledisloe Cup series sweep over the Wallabies. Uncle Ted breaks down how training intensity has shifted since South Africa, evaluates backline play, and explains why defense will decide the next World Cup. 0:00 Intro & HBO Max 0:44 Graham Henry joins the show 1:57 South African tour learnings 4:50 The modern game has more moving parts 7:04 South Africa — role models for the nation 8:19 Fitness levels — "you've gotta be bloody fit" 11:14 Defense — "our defense has to be bulletproof" 14:34 Rassie's rotation & All Blacks depth 16:37 Compulsory rotation through injuries 21:18 Beauden Barrett & Father Time 24:44 Tamati Williams — gone through hell 28:34 The kicking game — "it's a difficult art" 31:20 Don't forget about the All Blacks 33:32 The biggest challenge is rugby league 37:54 Grassroots & club rugby 42:05 Loose forward depth 49:20 Selection philosophy — pick the best player 52:06 How Graham became an All Blacks selector 54:24 The state of the game — "this is boring" 56:35 Player safety & yellow cards 58:08 Warriors supporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices