The Culture Behind 54 All Blacks | Auckland Grammar School

What if the strongest teams aren’t built by hype, slogans, or “high performance” talk, but by a few clear rituals everyone can count on? I sit down with Dave Askew, deputy principal and First XV coach at Auckland Grammar School, to get a behind-the-scenes look at how one of New Zealand’s most storied schoolboy rugby programs builds culture that holds up under pressure. We talk about the daily assembly as the “big hall” that creates belonging, recognition, and a shared start line for 2,000-pl...