{"id":8021,"date":"2020-11-20T18:31:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T05:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/?p=8021"},"modified":"2020-11-20T18:31:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T05:31:47","slug":"aisle-be-back-no-panicking-after-back-to-back-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/2020\/11\/20\/aisle-be-back-no-panicking-after-back-to-back-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Aisle be Back &#8211; No panicking after back-to-back losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box,\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box img.wp-post-image{max-height:250px; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wpls-wrap wpls-logo-showcase-slider-wrp wpls-logo-clearfix wpls-design-1 \" data-conf=\"{&quot;slides_column&quot;:4,&quot;slides_scroll&quot;:1,&quot;dots&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay_interval&quot;:3000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;rtl&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;center_mode&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-showcase logo_showcase wpls-logo-slider  sliderimage_hide_border \" id=\"wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roblawmax.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/rmax24.jpg?fit=220%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geeksonwheels.co.nz\/locations\/wellington-computer-repair\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/images.jpg?fit=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thecallcentre.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TCC-Logo-400x260-1.jpg?fit=400%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partnersfinance.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/part2.jpg?fit=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>By Kevin McCarthy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They\u2019re in those history books now, to borrow Jeff Wilson\u2019s phrase after the 1996 toppling of the Boks in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the history is Argentina defeating the All Blacks for the first time. Which let\u2019s face it, is overdue. They probably should have broken the duck at home during the early 2000s but for one Scott Razor Robertson crashing over on the left with seconds to go.<\/p>\n<p>Oh the irony of that.<\/p>\n<p>Still it befell to Foster\u2019s men to carry that particular tag, which in the end is not that onerous. They managed to slip to third in the world on rankings. Still not too onerous in a world where hardly anyone is actually playing. Oh and these were back to back losses, a very rare sequence.<\/p>\n<p>Yet predictably it\u2019s the end of the world as we know it. Heads must roll, players must be shamed, real blokes must step forward.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been here before when bigger stakes were in play and lost.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, as I wrote a while back, there\u2019s a sense for me that there never was a proper reckoning with the shellacking given to the\u00a0 All Blacks by England in the Rugby World\u00a0 Cup semi. No-one wanted to stain the Hansen legacy, and the failed campaign was allowed a dignified burial.<\/p>\n<p>Yet you can\u2019t expect there not to be a consequence to that \u2013 which is now bubbling over In the histrionics about Ian Foster\u2019s strange first five matches in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s tick off a few issues.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t sack the coach. That\u2019s no way to respond. It\u2019s not a great record to date but Ian Foster deserves a chance to actually do the job and the NZR to judge whether continuity was the right option. If continuity wasn\u2019t the right option, then a year from now, let the axe fall.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t pile on the players. There\u2019s plenty of dodgy comments flying around about motivation and pride. If that is systemic then the microscope is probably best directed at the management and coaching team, and that thing called culture.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t take offence when the All Black captain states the obvious truth. Fans don\u2019t know as much as they think they do; certainly a lot less than the couple of thousand people for whom professional rugby is their day job.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t as All Black captain however attack said fans. They are the lifeblood of the game, they pay your wages ultimately, and they care. If they didn\u2019t care, you wouldn\u2019t have a career and there wouldn\u2019t be an\u00a0 All Black legacy of success. Sometimes they will also be uncomfortably right, and quite able to see through attempts to spin the bad.<\/p>\n<p>I know we\u2019re all frustrated. Personally I think the team is still playing a style that worked five years ago, but is now largely negated when opposing teams get their defence working at top notch.<\/p>\n<p>And the pack is not world beaters. Yet you don\u2019t create those overnight, so once again, let\u2019s have some patience.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one match to go in the international season, which in itself given what 2020 has bought, is a remarkable thing in itself.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina will be into their third game on the trot, and unlikely to replicate their All Black toppling performance.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m predicting a big bounce back. 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