{"id":212696,"date":"2025-10-20T08:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212696\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:03:09","slug":"sir-wayne-smiths-advice-to-razor-as-all-blacks-chase-fifth-grand-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212696\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Wayne Smith&#8217;s advice to Razor as All Blacks chase fifth Grand Slam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sir Wayne Smith has urged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/scott-robertson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Robertson<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a> to be brave in their quest to win a fifth \u2018Grand Slam\u2019 on their end of year tour.<\/p>\n<p>The All Blacks previously captured the quartet of wins over the home nations in 1978, 2005, 2008 and 2010 with Wayne Smith on the coaching team for three of those four Slams.<\/p>\n<p>Smith believed that the All Blacks have the necessary experience in the squad, despite being derided as too conservative by some.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-item\">\u201cRazor\u2019s crew are going to have to be brave, they\u2019re going to have to take some risks,\u201d Smith told The Post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-item\">\u201cThe depth of the squad will determine whether they win it or not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-item\">\u201cHe\u2019s probably considered that because he\u2019s picked experienced players who have performed well before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-item\">The World Cup-winning coach with both the All Blacks and the Black Ferns defended Robertson\u2019s selections, and pointed out he has blooded plenty of newcomers.<\/p>\n<p>The Robertson era has seen 19 debutants over the first two seasons, which is more than what was seen in 2020-21 in the first two seasons under former head coach Ian Foster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/spacer-new.png\" alt=\"Video Spacer\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p>All Black coach Scott Robertson and his captain Scott Barrett give their views on the \u2018greatest rivalry\u2019 tour of 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/spacer-new.png\" alt=\"Video Spacer\" width=\"100%\"\/>All Black coach Scott Robertson and his captain Scott Barrett give their views on the \u2018greatest rivalry\u2019 tour of 2026<\/p>\n<p>Smith also backed out of favour pair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/rieko-ioane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rieko Ioane<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/sevu-reece\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sevu Reece<\/a> to perform on the big stage and deliver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-item\">\u201cRazor is bold. He\u2019s had 19 debutants in a year and a-half, and he\u2019s clearly picked a squad in which everyone can play,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-item\">\u201cGuys like Sevu [Reece] and Rieko [Ioane] will front up, and they\u2019ll get footy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-item\">\u201cThose guys will be key to whether they can win a Grand Slam or not.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Wayne Smith has urged Scott Robertson and the All Blacks to be brave in their quest to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-212696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}