Pressure? What pressure?

THERE’S pressure, and there’s what Graham Henry is enduring at the moment.

Consider this: the stresses and strains of being a national rugby coach are taken as read, but factor in being New Zealand coach, and throw in the focus of a nation, not to mention that 24-year World Cup drought, and the weight across the shoulders starts to mount.

Just for good measure, add in the RWC semi-final Henry and his team lost to France four years ago in Cardiff, and the former schoolteacher must be struggling to sleep these nights, right?

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