McCaw: Henry backing
The challenge the coaches and senior players face is to make sure we keep looking for that edge and don't just think we've got it sorted.
Richie McCaw
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New Zealand skipper Richie McCaw welcomed the news that Graham Henry and his coaching team will remain in charge of the All Blacks.
Henry has been re-appointed as head coach of the All Blacks while Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith also remain as his assistants.
The trio have been coaching New Zealand since 2004 and have now been signed on to stay until the end of 2011 to allow them another shot at a World Cup.
Henry was controversially reappointed as coach despite the team's failure at the 2007 World Cup held in France, but now he will lead the team in another bid at the big one on home soil, and his skipper is delighted.
"It's great. It gives certainty to what you do now," McCaw said. "We know we've got two-and-a-half years to keep on building on what we're doing.
"It's nice to know we've got the same crew that are going to lead that.
"The challenge the coaches and senior players face is to make sure we keep looking for that edge and don't just think we've got it sorted."
The 28-year-old, an All Black since 2001 and skipper since 2006, insisted that there would be no complacency from the squad with a lack of coaching changes.
"A lot of us have been in this team for a long time now and you can't afford to get (complacent)," said McCaw.
"If you start standing still everyone is going to move past you.
"The couple of experiences we had last year in the Tri-Nations (losses to Australia and South Africa) and the recent French Test just reminds you if you're not quite on the money you're going to come second."
New Zealand Rugby Union chairman Jock Hobbs said a desire to retain all three coaches had prompted the union to act before their current contracts expired at the end of this year.
Since they took over in 2004, the All Blacks have won 57 of their 66 Tests, defended the Bledisloe Cup five successive seasons, won the Tri-Nations four times, beaten the British and Irish Lions in 2005 and completed two grand slam tours of Britain and Ireland in 2005 and 2008.
"We think all three individually are very strong but as a coaching unit they are even stronger," Hobbs said. "Holding all three was important.
"It's a reflection that as a group we believe they are greater than the parts. We didn't want to run the risk of losing one of them through the course of the year which is always a possibility."
Henry admitted he did not think he would be given the job again after the last World Cup, and was elated to have been given another chance.
"It is a real privilege to be asked to do this job and coach this team," he said.
"I've been doing it for a little while now and I've never thought of anything else but it being a huge privilege to be able to do this job. I greatly appreciate the support of Jock and the board and the rugby union to enable us to continue to do this job."

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| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Guinness Premiership | |
| Friday 27th November | |
| Guinness Premiership | |
| 19:45 | Sale vs Wasps |
| 20:00 | Newcastle vs Northampton |
| 20:00 | Worcester vs Saracens |
| Saturday 28th November | |
| 15:00 | Harlequins vs Gloucester |
| 15:00 | Leicester vs Leeds Carnegie |
| 17:35 | Bath vs London Irish |
| Saturday 5th December | |
| 15:00 | London Irish vs Worcester |
| 15:00 | Gloucester vs Newcastle |
| 15:00 | Northampton vs Bath |
| 17:35 | Saracens vs Sale |
| Sunday 6th December | |
| 15:00 | Wasps vs Leicester |
| Saturday 26th December | |
| 14:15 | Bath vs Gloucester |
| 15:00 | Leicester vs Sale |
| 15:00 | Worcester vs Northampton |
| Sunday 27th December | |
| 15:00 | London Irish vs Saracens |
| 15:00 | Newcastle vs Leeds Carnegie |
| 16:00 | Harlequins vs Wasps |
| Friday 1st January | |
| 15:00 | Sale vs Harlequins |
| 15:00 | Saracens vs Leicester |
| Saturday 2nd January | |
| 15:00 | Northampton vs London Irish |
| 15:00 | Leeds Carnegie vs Bath |
| 15:00 | Gloucester vs Worcester |
| Sunday 3rd January | |
| 15:00 | Wasps vs Newcastle |
| Friday 8th January | |
| 19:45 | Sale vs Saracens |
| Saturday 9th January | |
| 14:15 | Bath vs Northampton |
| Result |
|---|
| Guinness Premiership |
| Sunday 22nd November |
| Guinness Premiership |
| London Irish 11 - 15 Newcastle |
| Leeds Carnegie 17 - 24 Sale |
| Saracens 22 - 6 Wasps |
| Saturday 21st November |
| Northampton 26 - 17 Harlequins |
| Friday 20th November |
| Worcester 12 - 12 Bath |
| Gloucester 12 - 9 Leicester |
| Sunday 1st November |
| Newcastle 14 - 3 Worcester |
| Wasps 9 - 15 Leeds Carnegie |
| Saturday 31st October |
| Leicester 29 - 15 Northampton |
| Harlequins 9 - 9 London Irish |
| Bath 11 - 12 Saracens |
| Friday 30th October |
| Sale 28 - 23 Gloucester |
| Sunday 25th October |
| Saracens 21 - 15 Leeds Carnegie |
| Saturday 24th October |
| Gloucester 6 - 35 Wasps |
| London Irish 18 - 12 Leicester |
| Northampton 21 - 16 Sale |
| Worcester 22 - 26 Harlequins |
| Bath 16 - 27 Newcastle |
| Sunday 4th October |
| Leeds Carnegie 10 - 26 Gloucester |
| Wasps 20 - 15 Northampton |
| Newcastle 15 - 22 Saracens |
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