After New Zealand’s 25-18 loss to Argentina on Saturday in Christchurch, All Blacks manager Ian Foster, under fire from critics for months, asked the public to be patient with his team. “We don’t like to lose and we know our country doesn’t like to lose either. I believe we are all in the same boat: this defeat hurtssaid Ian Foster after the game.
«As I’ve said over the past few weeks, we’re a rebuilding team and sometimes confidence doesn’t come as fast as we would like.“, he added. The coach could be threatened again at his post after this defeat, the 6th of the last eight meetings of the All Blacks.
New Zealand FA boss Mark Robinson officially kept him on ten days ago after hopes were raised by a 35-23 win over South Africa on August 13. Without silencing the many criticisms aimed at the coach and his selection and by integrating Joe Schmidt, former coach of Ireland, also passed through Clermont and Leinster and now in charge of the back lines of New Zealanders, to his staff.
«There are a lot of teams that will try to slow us down and suffocate uscontinued the All Black coach, alluding to the constant defensive pressure of the Argentines during the match. This defeat against the Pumas is the third in a row at home for the Blacks after the two losses against Ireland (23-12 and 32-22) in July, an unprecedented series in the history of the reference team of the world rugby.
Since the start of his tenure at the helm of the All Blacks, after the 2019 World Cup, Foster has lost ten in 27 outings. His predecessor, Steve Hansen, had only reached this figure of ten defeats in eight years and 107 outings.
