New Zealand coach Graham Henry is worried by direction the game is taking - he talks to Paul Ackford in the Sunday Independent.
"I do worry about the future. We used to have six coaching co-ordinators in Auckland. They each had responsibility for a number of schools and clubs in their area. They were knowledgeable people and they would get the message to the coaches. We were in good shape in those days. It was an amateur game. All the money wasn't channelled into paying the players, it was channelled into development. Now it's all going on wages and there is no education. Not one of those six is left now. Not one."
For a man whose default position sits somewhere between reserved and non-committal, Henry becomes almost evangelical at this point. He feels the game is in a mess and that swift remedial action is essential.
"They have to do something to improve the spectacle. The trouble is, countries are not going to agree on changes which won't complement their style of play. I think you have to get a group of people together who are all respected in the game and ask them to come up with solutions, and we'll play that game, whatever it is. I'd like to see one point for a drop goal, one point for a penalty and the ability to make a mark in other areas of the field."
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