Ian Foster

Ian Foster only wanted to talk about the game after overseeing New Zealand's first home series defeat in 27 years.

A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. The last time the All Blacks lost a series at home? How the All Blacks rated in the series decider Foster’s tenure sunk to a new low on Saturday when the All Blacks lost their series decider 32-22 to Ireland at Sky Stadium in Wellington.

Pressure is mounting on All Blacks coach Ian Foster and the New Zealand Rugby board after New Zealand lost their first series at home since 1998, ...

They've come and achieved something pretty special and they deserve a bit of time in the sun for that. "New Zealand has to realise this is a very good Irish team and give them some credit. "We all know there is a huge amount of work to do.

All Blacks head coach refuses to discuss future after Ireland series defeat.

“We were just trying to keep the momentum going so it wasn’t a reflection on Sam or his leadership, we had just got momentum and lost it again and felt we needed to make a couple of tweaks.” Foster also defended his decision to replace captain Sam Cane 15 minutes away from the end by saying New Zealand needed “fresh legs”. Foster said the All Blacks had not been as calm as Ireland, who deserved their “time in the sun” for their inspiring win.

Former All Black Steve Devine has predicted Ian Foster will no longer be head coach by “6:30pm tonight.” The national side lost their first series to ...

With the Rugby World Cup just around the corner in 2023, the former national player believes it is best for the All Blacks to embark on a new direction without him at the helm. Devine has cited a lack of adaptability and enterprise as the main reasoning behind his call for Foster to resign, as the side has continued to make the same mistakes week after week. Devine has weighed in on the situation and believes that if Foster wants to do what’s “best for the team” he should step down before August’s Rugby Championship.

One day after the 32-22 third test loss to Ireland in Wellington consigned the All Blacks to their first home series defeat since 1994, a coach was scheduled to ...

In the second half we carried, we were more direct, some of our counter-attack stuff was working well. After trailing 22-3 at the break, Foster struggled to explain why his side started poorly for the third successive week. There were a couple of times post line breaks we couldn't get our support quick enough on the man. We all know there is a huge amount of work to do," Robinson said. "It would be disrespectful to not make that the number one item. "For us we're a group working hard.

The rising tide of critics calling for All Blacks head coach Ian Foster to be axed by the NZR has raised another octave following...

The NZRU don’t have the balls to sack him. The NZRU don’t have the balls to sack him. This is probably the worst team we’ve had this century. Tu’ungafasi, Fainga’nuku, Ioane, Ioane, Laulala. His captain Cane is invisible. Tu’ungafasi, Fainga’nuku, Ioane, Ioane, Laulala. His captain Cane is invisible. — RantingMrP (@RantingMrP)July 16, 2022 The All Blacks are being out-thought and outplayed by a brilliant Ireland side, and there seems to be zero plan to the AB game.#AllBlacks He has to be dumped if he hasn't resigned by the end of the match. He has to be dumped if he hasn’t resigned by the end of the match. The All Blacks seem to have lost the confidence that was a given for so long. RugbyPass + writer Owain Jones wrote: “The All Blacks seem to have lost the confidence that was a given for so long. While some were more measured, others were gleefully sticking the boot into the 57-year-old on social media.

Hamiltonians say it is time for the Waikato-born All Blacks coach Ian Foster to go, following an “unacceptable” performance against Ireland.

“Ireland is a pretty sharp team at the moment. “I think he needs to go. “I think unfortunately he has to go. Seems like it’s just been the same group with no change with how the game is being played now.” But then, he had a hard act to follow,” It’s been the same group of coaches for I don’t know how long.

Ireland's historic series win intensifies the pressure on the New Zealand head coach and his players.

New Zealand Rugby aren’t particularly trigger happy, and the more likely scenario is that Foster will get a chance to turn things around while working with some fresh faces in his backroom team. Whether he’d like to step into a more prominent position on the All Blacks coaching ticket is a different question. Once the kings of the comeback, they were only able to wrestle the result back in the first Test. A team that used to embrace pressure now look a little lost when under the pump. Teams like Ireland and France have evolved and grown over the last couple of years, but at the moment, New Zealand are struggling to keep up. Should there be a marked improvement, then much of the credit will no doubt be sent Schmidt’s way. Scott Robertson wanted the job when Foster was handed the keys in 2019. There was pressure when his team lost to France last November. There was pressure when they lost to Argentina for the first time ever a year previously. They’ve struggled to get on the same page with referees and have offered up some remarkably cheap penalties. A more pressing issue is how this New Zealand side have struggled with some of the most basic aspects of the game. They lost four lineouts in the first half alone. Even before today’s result in Wellington, Foster’s win ratio was the worst of any New Zealand coach in the professional era. Have they the right coaches?

Ian Foster and his media minders weren't having a bar of questions regarding his future as All Blacks coach in the aftermath of their series defeat to ...

A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. Having dismantled the woefully out of sync All Blacks to bag the Steinlager series 2-1, Ireland join South Africa (1937), the British and Irish Lions (1971), Australia (1986) and France (1994). How the All Blacks rated in the series decider Ian Foster and his media minders weren’t having a bar of questions regarding his future as All Blacks coach in the aftermath of their series defeat to Ireland.

Foster was expected to attend his regular late Sunday morning briefing in Wellington but as the media assembled at the team's Wellington hotel, the press ...

In the second half we carried, we were more direct, some of our counter-attack stuff was working well. "Not really because we've talked a lot about it. "The first half we got too loose at times. "For us we're a group working hard. We all know there is a huge amount of work to do," Robinson said. "It would be disrespectful to not make that the number one item.