It was a good listen and Deans a great interviewer.Googly wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 5:48 pmJust listened to Dave Houghton on Dean's podcast.
Well worth a listen, especially if you want to burst into tears at how low we have sunk.
Times have changed as well. Touring sides used to love coming here and we had earned some respect as opposition and definitely as hosts. Now we are treated with contempt and indifference as a rule. That's a bitter pill, but that has to be earned, not inherited.
Houghton himself said indirectly that we were at a fork in the road. If he was the new HPC coach would he not have directly said so? I wonder what is going on there? If he's not the man then what/how/who? I'm willing to bet that if there is an issue a part of the problem will be about squad selection or how it should be run.
In his quiet way he basically said the selectors did not have a clue, which is mostly true, but the real issue is folk with an agenda and/or following instructions.
Dave spoke a lot about the junior pathways and how that all needs to change. In that their is no unity or clear pathway on how to get into rep sides.