{"id":151247,"date":"2025-11-24T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/151247\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:54:13","slug":"scott-barretts-reluctant-response-on-improvements-as-all-blacks-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/151247\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Barrett&#8217;s reluctant response on improvements as All Blacks captain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scott Barrett provided a coy response when asked what he \u201cneeded to improve on\u201d going into next year as team captain following their last Test of the year in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett\u2019s captaincy has been a point of conjecture among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a> supporters since he was appointed by incoming head coach Scott Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old offered a guarded response when asked about improvements as team captain, saying he wasn\u2019t going to \u201clook too far forward\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spacer-new.png\" alt=\"Video Spacer\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rassie Erasmus responds to \u2018chaotic game\u2019 statement<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spacer-new.png\" alt=\"Video Spacer\" width=\"100%\"\/>Rassie Erasmus responds to \u2018chaotic game\u2019 statement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said out there on the grass, I\u2019m not going to look too far forward or too far back at the moment,\u201d Barrett said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to enjoy tonight, there will be plenty of time in coming weeks to reflect on where we are as a team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there has been improvement as the season has wore on. At times we weren\u2019t where we would\u2019ve liked to be through key stages in our season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately our trajectory as a team is on the way up. There\u2019s a big two years ahead of us, and Razor and the group should be excited about the challenge that lays ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the Barrett-Robertson captain-coach partnership, the All Blacks have won 20 Tests, losing seven.<\/p>\n<p>While they have retained the Bledisloe Cup with a perfect four from four over Australia, they have failed to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/the-rugby-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby Championship<\/a> in both seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson\u2019s coaching staff has dealt with instability over the two yers, with multiple assistants leaving the set up without being replaced.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026 the team will undertake a historic tour of South Africa, with the Rugby Championship on pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Barrett provided a coy response when asked what he \u201cneeded to improve on\u201d going into next year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-151247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}