A YouTube interview in which Samuel Whitelock reflects on his relationship with Ray (Razor) Robertson, particularly around leadership and authenticity after being asked to be captain in 2017. Whitelock describes initial worries about filling predecessors' roles, but explains Robertson encouraged both of them to be themselves and to let their partnership evolve for the good of the group.
Chapters
The best thing with Ray being bubbly and being him, it's him. So everyone will trust him because he's that way. And that was something that I was a little bit worried when he first asked me to be captain in 2017. I was like, oh. I looked at the guys in front of me that had done it before. I look at the Todd Blacketters, the Ruben Thorns, the Richies, the Ritos, and going, I'm stemming into some massive boots here. But what Ray was saying to me, and he was doing it himself, he goes, look, you need to be you, I need to be me. And we'll work through the relationship as it grows and evolves. There's nothing worse than me trying to go be the bubbly guy or me being someone who I'm not. There's no point Ray going from the bubbly guy who loves telling stories, going to be the cold guy in the corner that is giving off all this negative energy. The best thing with that is it just allowed me and him to be us. And then we worked out how to in our own way. Because it's never just about one person. It's always about the group. And.
