the All Blacks must learn to sometimes play against nature, says Foster

The day after the new defeat of New Zealand, against Argentina (25-18) at the Rugby Championshiphis coach Ian Foster felt on Sunday that the All Blacks had to show pragmatism by sometimes putting aside their “DNA» offensive.

“There’s a similar pattern to every one of our lost matches in the last ten years: we keep the ball too much trying to solve problems by running“, affirmed Foster in front of the journalists.

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Against Argentina,we have respected the DNA of the All Blacks by playing attacking rugby. But Argentina stayed in the game. We need to find the answers to the teams that are suffocating us“, he added.

Ten days afterthe New Zealand federation has decided to keep Foster in his post In view of the 2023 World Cup in France, the All Blacks conceded a sixth defeat in eight matches, in Christchurch, against Argentinian Pumas who had never won in their history in New Zealand.

Center three-quarter Emiliano Boffelli exploited the many mistakes made by the three-time world champions by converting six penalties, along with a try.

Over the past two decades, New Zealand have most often reigned in world rugby by developing an instinctive attacking game, with a desire to keep the ball alive in their phases of play. And Foster acknowledged that it would be difficult for players to change their style of play.

“We don’t want to change even said the coach, in office since 2019. We want to practice rugby that suits us (…) But we must respect the opponent more.» «It’s not easy to solve. It’s natural to want to race under pressure, but we have to balance that with a little more wisdom.“, he specified.

Next Saturday, the Blacks will have the opportunity to redeem themselves against Argentina, once again at home in Hamilton. For this match, they hope the return of their star, the opening half Beauden Barrett, injured in the neck and absent this Saturday.