All Blacks in Couselling

[jargan83]

Another one from foxsports website, i found it a bit funny

Beaten All Blacks counselled

From correspondents in Wellington, New Zealand

October 20, 2007 DEJECTED New Zealand players are reported to be undergoing grief counselling to help them come to grips with their shock loss in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.

New Zealand Rugby Union chairman Jock Hobbs said it was imperative that steps were taken to ensure the players were able to move on mentally as soon as possible, the Yahoo!Xtra website reported.

The All Blacks "mental skills coach", sports psychologist Gilbert Enoka, has been in contact with the squad members after the 20-18 loss to France that marked New Zealand's worst Rugby World Cup finish.

"We are making sure no one is isolated or left alone," Hobbs was quoted as saying from Paris ahead of the Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and England.

"I know that Gilbert Enoka has been in contact with them all, providing them with advice on how best to get through this difficult period."

Hobbs described the loss to France, which in turn was beaten by England in the semi-finals, as "very, very gut wrenching", but he acknowledged the squad's domination of the sport outside the Rugby World Cup.

"It is a Rugby World Cup tournament, it is a tournament we desperately do want to win," he said.

"But it is a one-off tournament and the team has been hugely successful outside of it."

Agence France-Presse

I'm not sure if this has been posted either................but if it has someone will get rid of it or attach it to the original

[jono]

real?
thats pathetic...
lol makes me wanna go watch the kiwi "save it for the game" ad and laugh ironically.
i might just do that now actually.

[Skiza]

Sports psychology is a growing industry...big dollars and in most sports...this doesn't surprise me at all.

[GIGS20]

Yeah I know that Skiz, but don't they just need a course of HTFU?

[Skiza]

Maybe the sports psychologist has some vials of HTFU in his briefcase??

[Em-Forcer]

Yup, you shouldn't need counselling for what is one of only three possible outcomes for every game of rugby!!!
But then again, in days gone by everyone would move on more quickly from a bad result - now, there'll be media debate ad nauseam, so maybe they do need to be given a bit of support. The cult of celebrity doesn't help - it's all about players' feelings about the result.
And of course the public, which partly drives the media frenzy, understands less about sport and competition because schools don't teach kids about winning and losing any more.
Just my 2 cents worth...