All Blacks coach Ian Foster’s response to controversy showed arrogance, no grace, comment piece

If anyone should have had a sense of the tight margins in sport and the agony and ecstasy of international rugby, it was Ian Foster.

The All Blacks coach had been through the wringer over the past two months, having survived by the skin of his teeth by a stunning, dramatic and controversial victory over the Springboks at Ellis Park.

And yet, despite being muzzled by the All Blacks following their series defeat to Ireland in July, Foster showed not an ounce of empathy for his trans-Tasman rivals after his side benefitted from a . . .