The new coach has announced his first squad – so what do the selections (and omissions) tell us? In a sense a new All Black coach’s first squad announcement is as good as it gets: it’s not necessarily all downhill from here, but he won’t get patted on the back for doing comparatively little very often. As former All Black coach Sir Steve Hansen conceded, most avid followers of the game could pick a fair chunk of a 30-plus man squad: it’s a big enough number to fit in most of the standout players plus a few left-fielders.