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The old story goes that when Kevin Barrett hung up his boots, the man they called ‘Smiley’ was asked what he was going to do next boxing
“I’m going to go breed some All Blacks,” Smiley replied, returning to the family dairy farm and setting to work boxing
By that stage, sons Beauden, Scott and Jordie had already been born, and how they’ve lived up to their father’s assertion boxing
On Saturday night, they will become the first trio of brothers to appear in a Rugby World Cup final, all close to certain starters for the All Blacks ahead of a meeting with South Africa boxing
There are many tales of successful sporting siblings, from the Williams sisters to the Kelce brothers; the Waughs or the Charltons boxing
But for three brothers to be so integral to a potential World Cup win is special boxing
Smart international rugby coaches build their side around a spine of players from a single club; Ian Foster has been able to build his All Blacks around a single family boxing
Their rise to the top is a story of both nature and nurture boxing
Smiley was a legend of Taranaki rugby, capped almost 200 times by the Bulls in the back five in the pack, while mother Robyn was a talented boxing basketball and netball player boxing
Growing up, the brothers would hone their skills on a patch of land in their sprawling backyard that they called the BCG – the Barrett Cricket Ground – with Smiley intent on making sure all of his sons had the skillset to play an all-court game boxing
“As youngsters playing in back yard, we only dreamed of being here,” Beauden Barrett explained earlier in the tournament boxing
“’Mum was a pretty talented athlete herself boxing
They all say our speed came from Mum and I guess the size and work rate from Dad boxing
Kevin ‘Smiley’ Barrett featured for province Taranaki nearly 200 times (Getty Images)“There was always work to be done boxing
So we always saw Mum and Dad doing that, coming home cooking us dinner, getting us ready for school boxing
So if you relate that to your rugby it’s about striving to be boxing better, to be the best you can be boxing
"By their teenage years, the trio could pass off both hands and kick with both feet, making them most of the space on the family dairy farm in Rahotu, an hour’s drive south of New Plymouth boxing
Eldest brother Kane was pretty talented, too, just breaking through with the Blues when concussions brought a premature close to his career in 2014 boxing
Beauden was first to break through, barely out of his teens when making a first Super Rugby appearance and only 21 when helping the All Blacks to a record win over Ireland on international debut boxing
His role as the bench impact back was crucial to the 2015 World Cup win, while two World Rugby Men’s Player of the Year awards followed in 2016 and 2017 after stepping up to be Dan Carter’s fly half successor boxing
Beauden Barrett has had a fine tournaemnt (Getty Images)Of late, he has embraced his reinvention as an almost full-time full-back at international level – he has been outstanding throughout this World Cup, described as the “glue” in New Zealand’s side by head coach Ian Foster boxing
He may lack the acceleration of his youth but there are few smarter backfield brains at this tournament boxing
An impending deal with Toyota Verblitz will see Beauden move to Japan for at least a season, with the 32-year-old weighing up whether to extend his stay or return to New Zealand to try to make a fourth World Cup boxing
This could yet be his last All Blacks hurrah boxing
To do it alongside his brothers will fill Beauden with immense pride boxing
That either could have a claim to be the best player in the family will, too boxing
Lock Scott has come on leaps and bounds since the last tournament, forcing apart long-time second row partners Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock after producing a series of unignorable performances boxing
If his sending off in the final warm-up against the Springboks shows he still has the occasional rough edge, Scott has become one of New Zealand’s most consistent performers boxing
Centre Jordie and lock Scott have come into their own at international level (Getty Images)Jordie Barrett is probably the most talented of the Barrett bunch, possessing a blend of Scott’s size and Beauden’s brilliance boxing
After starting his professional career primarily at full-back, his development as a top-class international inside centre - or second five-eight, as the Kiwis call it – has solved a problem spot for the All Blacks boxing
His ability to offer real carrying threat and add playmaking options as a second distributor makes him a vital figure on attack, while he has come on defensively, too boxing
Jordie is leading New Zealand’s set-piece defence at this tournament, and made 17 tackles in a player of the match performance in the semi-final against Argentina boxing
“He was massive in defence, he attempted the most tackles,” defence coach Scott McLeod said of Jordie’s performance boxing
“But the most pleasing thing for me was he actually applied pressure boxing
“He saw the pictures a lot earlier, he backed himself to go and do it and those around him supported that and he made quite a difference for us boxing
"If New Zealand are to beat South Africa on Saturday, you somehow feel at least one of the three will be key boxing
Beauden, of course, already has one World Cup winners’ medal, his late breakaway try putting the seal on back-to-back All Blacks’ triumphs in 2015 boxing
Come Saturday night, the Barrett mantlepiece could be gilded again, three more medals a fitting decoration for a remarkable sporting family boxing
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All of Pep Guardiola’s work ahead of the Manchester derby this weekend has naturally revolved around having a high percentage of possession, which is to be expected, but there is one surprising element to it boxing
He has been scrutinising what more pragmatic sides such as Brentford, Brighton and even Copenhagen did against United for instruction boxing
All of them went to Old Trafford looking to get on the ball and dominate – with mixed success – in a way that at one point would have been unimaginable boxing
It is really only Nottingham Forest who didn’t take that approach this season, preferring to let United have the ball boxing
In United’s nine Premier League games so far, they have had lower possession than their opponent in four of those boxing
In other words, they’ve been chasing the opposition in almost half of their games boxing
On the ballManchester United’s possession in the Premier League this season (per cent)51 - Wolves (h)44 boxing
3 - Tottenham Hotspur (a)66 boxing
3 - Nottingham Forest (h)45 boxing
2 - Arsenal (a)43 boxing
9 - Brighton (h)38 boxing
2 - Burnley (a)77 boxing
1 - Crystal Palace (h)63 boxing
9 - Brentford (h)62 boxing
5 - Sheffield United (a)This would be unusual for most big sides in this era but is particularly unusual for a manager in Erik ten Hag who is so consciously a disciple of the Ajax principles, and has now had well over a year in the job boxing
That’s a lot of time on the training ground boxing
Manchester City had even considered him a potential successor to Guardiola, given the tactical alignment boxing
So it’s fair to wonder why exactly United aren’t closer to any kind of ideal as Ten Hag would surely see it boxing
They currently don’t play anything like his Ajax side, let alone City or that possession-pressing model boxing
By the same point in Guardiola’s tenure, City were on a winning run that would bring a 100-point season boxing
United have instead gone backwards, which fits into a wider concern over how the side haven’t really had a convincing display since before the Carabao Cup final victory over Newcastle United boxing
Ten Hag’s recent reliance on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stalwarts such as Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay would almost seem to sum this up boxing
United are even playing more like Solskjaer’s time, just making do in the moment in order to get through boxing
It's all so ad hoc boxing
Harry Maguire’s header earned United all three points against Copenhagen (EPA)The biggest question, out of many for the United manager, is whether this is a deeper concern boxing
Does it show he won’t implement his ideal; that a window of opportunity has been lost?As with pretty much everything at United right now, everyone puts it down to injuries boxing
That is the explanation for the unconvincing displays and the pragmatic approaches boxing
Ten Hag hasn’t had the players so has had to compromise boxing
But is that really sufficient? Would the idealist that Ten Hag supposedly represents not still seek to integrate the squad in an approach that will serve them much more in the longer term?You only have to look across the way, and the one season when Guardiola faced a broadly similar situation boxing
In 2016-17, when the City manager still lacked some of the player profiles he wanted – especially at full-back – he still insisted on the exact same approach boxing
John Stones was often the main focus of this boxing
Although the defender was still learning the game, meaning he was prone to mistakes as he endured so much external noise, Guardiola told him to just shut it all out boxing
He followed by telling Stones to keep playing the ball out boxing
Ignore the shouts to get rid boxing
Concentrate on commitment to the ideal boxing
It led to some humiliating moments, not least four-goal concessions against both Leicester City and Everton boxing
Guardiola himself was lampooned, particularly after some questions led to his own notorious pondering of “what is tackles?”A year later, the City manager was specifically citing that period – and that persistence – as absolutely crucial to the run that effectively made them champions by December 2017 boxing
That the win to clinch the title came away to Jose Mourinho’s counter-attacking Manchester United only emphasised the point boxing
An achievement like that 100-point season was a consequence of how the players’ deeper comprehension of the system amplified their performance boxing
Figures at Old Trafford would fairly argue that Ten Hag was initially going to do this, but the onslaught from those first defeats against Brighton and Brentford at the start of last season was just too much boxing
The second goal conceded at Brentford, trying to pass the ball out from the back, was just too calamitous boxing
United being United, it brought a level of ridicule and hysteria beyond anything City could face boxing
Ten Hag had to change something or it could have completely destroyed the squad’s confidence in themselves and him, before he ever got the chance to build belief in the system boxing
They would also point to how Guardiola benefitted from spending £200m on defenders in his second season, including two cornerstones of the era in Kyle Walker and Ederson boxing
By contrast, Ten Hag has attempted to fill tactical gaps in his side with relatively makeshift signings like Sofyan Amrabat and Christian Eriksen boxing
A serious club, some in the industry argue, doesn't take the team to the next stage with a 20-year-old (Rasmus Hojlund, a Chelsea cast-off (Mason Mount) and two loanees (Sergio Reguilon and Amrabat) boxing
Sofyan Amrabat arrived at Old Trafford on loan this summer (Getty Images)Those at City would nevertheless laugh at such arguments given United’s expenditure over the years boxing
Ten Hag is currently in the process of ousting an £85m signing in Jadon Sancho boxing
City would say their purchases have just been much more forensic boxing
That isn’t the only potential difference boxing between the situations boxing
Although both Guardiola and Ten Hag have evolved from the same Dutch-Spanish ideology, those national backgrounds have produced divergences in interpretation boxing
It comes down to different types of purism boxing
Guardiola will stick to the system regardless boxing
It's his way boxing
He will always try and play through it boxing
Ironically, and almost paradoxically, Ten Hag’s willingness to compromise arguably reflects a greater dogmatism boxing
Those who know the Dutch coach say he has such a fixed idea of certain positions that if he doesn’t have exactly the type of player he wants, he doesn’t see the point of persevering in the same approach boxing
That’s also why the injuries have been so undermining boxing
Ten Hag has lacked some of his main passers, but especially Lisandro Martinez boxing
The Argentine’s absence has had the effect of forcing Andre Onana to go long and removing that link to the midfield boxing
It disrupts the whole system boxing
Maguire and McTominay just aren’t suited to that game, but it is to their credit both have persevered and sought to learn in the circumstances boxing
They illustrate this period of adaptation more than anyone, especially given how influential they have been boxing
There’s almost a contrast in the Scottish midfielder’s game boxing
An instinct for prosaically passing the ball sideways is offset by a willingness to proactively get forward and score boxing
Maguire meanwhile made a calculation of his own boxing
Sources with knowledge of his situation said one reason he turned down West Ham United was because he saw the issues United were going to have at centre-half boxing
Martinez’s injury and Raphael Varane’s inability to play consistently meant there were going to be chances boxing
Maguire has seized them and then some boxing
Ten Hag praised his evolution on Tuesday night, as the centre-half furthered his recent redemption with a greatly valued match-winner against Copenhagen boxing
“He’s playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels,” the manager argued boxing
“I think he’s dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents boxing
”Ten Hag is having to compromise on his ideals this season (Getty Images)United just aren’t doing that on a collective level boxing
All of this is why Ten Hag was so insistent on Frenkie De Jong in his first summer at Old Trafford boxing
He saw his former Ajax midfielder as unique in his interpretation of that specific midfield role the coach wants boxing
The only player Ten Hag saw as coming close, in terms of potential attributes, was Ryan Gravenberch boxing
That’s the reason he went so big on De Jong, against all evidence boxing
When he couldn’t get De Jong, Ten Hag realised he had to go in a different direction boxing
So it’s been a bit of all or nothing boxing
The same applies to the team as a whole boxing
Either Ten Hag has exactly what he wants, or he just can’t commit to that approach boxing
It’s why there isn’t too much concern about the visible lack of ideology now boxing
There is confidence that will return when sufficient players return, especially Martinez boxing
A fair question is whether crucial time has been lost in deepening the ideology boxing
A fair point for Sunday, meanwhile, is that this actually might serve United against City boxing
Unless Ten Hag has the team exactly as he wants, it is always going to be a mistake trying to go toe to toe with Guardiola in terms of getting feet on the ball boxing
The Catalan’s City are always going to be so dominant you have to adapt around them boxing
Otherwise, you risk an evisceration boxing
The current situation plays into that boxing
United have almost no choice but to plan without possession on Sunday boxing
The very decision to appoint Ten Hag was supposed to be about something grander, though boxing
They were supposed to be rising to City's level boxing
United instead have to try and bring the champions down, by leaving them the ball boxing
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