NZ Rugby World

EDITOR’S LETTER

jim@nzrugbyworld.co.nz

NEW ZEALAND RUGBY HAVE DROPPED THE BALL. AGAIN.

Ian Foster survives to coach the All Blacks in South Africa, and will probably limp through to next year’s Rugby World Cup in France.

In what should have been his final test as All Blacks coach in New Zealand, Foster cut a lonely figure in the immediate aftermath of the third test loss to Ireland in Wellington.

It meant the series was lost too. The first time the All Blacks have

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