28 Jul 2008

Graham Henry says young All Blacks didn't cope well

6:14 am on 28 July 2008

The All Blacks coach Graham Henry concedes a number of younger players didn't react well in Saturday night's Tri-Nations loss in Sydney.

The side lost 11 experienced players after last year's World Cup and experience perhaps counted against a number of players:

"A lot of guys played well out there, the senior players in particular Rodney and Daniel Carter, Mils Muliaina, Ali Williams a lot of guys who played a lot of football at this level played well, some of the younger guys found it difficult with the pace of the game and the intensity of the game they will learn from that so we got a lot of work to do there"