By WYNNE GRAY
SYDNEY- Former All Black coach John Hart will break his public silence today about the World Cup failure, but has asked that none of his lunchtime speech in Sydney be repeated in the media.
Hart has spoken to several private functions in New Zealand but has shunned interviews about the death throes of his four-year campaign with the All Blacks.
At a central Sydney hotel today where the public have paid to hear Hart speak at a lunch arranged by Off the Wall Event Management, Hart will speak publicly for the first time about his final months with the All Blacks.
Some media have tickets, but Hart has instructed MC and former Wallaby centre Anthony Herbert to issue them with off-the-record or embargo notices.
"I don't mind them being there, but in fairness to the All Blacks on the eve of their important test against the Wallabies, I don't want anything repeated which might be misconstrued," Hart said.
"There is nothing controversial, but I do not want anything to distract the All Blacks."
Hart will deliver his ideas on why the Wallabies succeeded at the World Cup and the All Blacks fell, and his thoughts on the reaction in New Zealand and the reasons for that tumult.
On Wednesday night in Sydney, Hart spoke briefly to a New Zealand-Australia business meeting where he avoided discussion about the World Cup, but suggested the All Blacks would beat the Wallabies tomorrow in the start of the Tri-Nations.
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