Ian Foster
New Zealand rugby union coachWikipedia
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Sep 16, 2026
Sam CaseyPANELIST
But, I mean, every team has injuries, you know, and it is how you deal with them.
Sam CaseyPANELIST
And all conditions, no exceptions, as Ian Foster used to say.
Sam CaseyPANELIST
Look at the Dolphins, you know, they lost a state of origin prop in Tom Flegler in the opening, you know, five, ten minutes last week.
Sam CaseyPANELIST
And you've just got to get through that.
Nigel YaldenHOST
The turnover of the All Black coaches has hurt All Black rugby.
Nigel YaldenHOST
Remember, we had Ian Foster in 2023.
Nigel YaldenHOST
It was his last year.
Nigel YaldenHOST
They appointed Scott Robertson early on.
Nigel YaldenHOST
Won a World Cup in 2015.
Nigel YaldenHOST
Continued going.
Nigel YaldenHOST
Gave them a pretty decent shot in 2019 before he stepped aside and handed it over to Ian Foster.
Nigel YaldenHOST
Of course, at the time, everyone was like, well, we need change.
Finn BullsPANELIST
treatment? What's happened? I'll tell you what.
Finn BullsPANELIST
I feel like in the past, Fozzy, Razor, if they lost three test matches in a row, it would be like pitchforks and flames coming outside of their doorstep.
Finn BullsPANELIST
But Dave Rennie, three consecutive test losses.
Finn BullsPANELIST
Of course, albeit to the number one team in the world.
Tony JohnsonHOST
It finishes up by saying a truly beautiful movie and depiction of his life.
Tony JohnsonHOST
Getting back to the question of who would you like to see a statue of, Brent's saying I'd love to see a statue of Ian Foster outside Waikato Stadium for the Shield Games.
Tony JohnsonHOST
Yes, he scored the winning try against Auckland when they took the Shield off the men to that record run.
Tony JohnsonHOST
Ian Foster, both as a player and a coach.
Tony JohnsonHOST
Didn't
Riccardo BallHOST
he have a corner of that field that was his that he always used just to kick into? It
Alex LowePANELIST
England bomb out in the group stages, and they have to sack him.
Alex LowePANELIST
If you look at New Zealand in the last World Cup, they almost sacked Ian Foster in the year before the World Cup.
Alex LowePANELIST
He won in South Africa, he clung on.
Alex LowePANELIST
But by the time they got to the World Cup, Scott Robertson had already been appointed as, as his successor, and he nearly wins the Web Ellis Trophy.
Alex LowePANELIST
They lose by a point to the Springboks in the finals down to 14 men.
Alex LowePANELIST
So they were that close to having a scenario where Ian Foster wins the World Cup and is sacked on the same day.
Alex LowePANELIST
So those two scenarios, you know, it's very tricky, um, trying to manage a succession plan around a World Cup.
Alex LowePANELIST
Because the RFU, as Connor O'Shea said on that podcast, they seem to put everything in the World Cup basket, which is a mistake in my opinion.
Guy HeveldtHOST
As you say, they've done it with previous coaches who have good resumes.
Guy HeveldtHOST
I think Steve Hansen's dropped in a couple of times when certainly when Ian Foster was the coach anyway, just to, you know.
Guy HeveldtHOST
give his thoughts here and there and they've obviously done it with Wayne Smith as you say and all you ever hear from anyone who's ever had anything to do with Mike Cron is that he finds ways around the scrum to beat up on other teams and we need to be able, the All Blacks need to be able to do that right now.
Guy HeveldtHOST
At the moment they are getting severely bashed at scrum time and as I've spoken about pretty much throughout this entire greatest rivalry tour that has put the All Blacks on the back foot for almost every set piece that they've had.
Guy HeveldtHOST
As you say, they've done it with previous coaches who have good resumes.
Guy HeveldtHOST
I think Steve Hansen's dropped in a couple of times when, certainly when Ian Foster was the coach anyway, just to, you know, give his thoughts here and there.
Guy HeveldtHOST
And they've obviously done it with Wayne Smith, as you say.
Guy HeveldtHOST
And All you ever hear from anyone who's ever had anything to do with Mike Krohn is that he finds ways around the scrum to beat up on other teams, and the All Blacks need to be able to do that right now.
Jason PineHOST
If it were to happen, what would a third straight defeat mean for the All Blacks? The last time that happened was in 2022 when Ireland won the second and third tests of their tour, Dunedin and Wellington, and then the All Blacks lost in South Africa.
Jason PineHOST
And that third defeat took Ian Foster to the brink of being sacked.
Jason PineHOST
CEO Mark Robinson traveled to South Africa.
Jason PineHOST
He was gonna bring the axe down.
Jason PineHOST
It was only the intervention of the senior players and victory at Ellis Park that saved Ian Foster and then set him on the path to the 2023 Rugby World Cup final, where he came within a point of true redemption.
Jason PineHOST
The times are different, of course, now.
Jason PineHOST
No one's getting s- no one's getting sacked.
Chris JonesHOST
'Cause no business really operates like that.
Chris JonesHOST
But you don't wanna get in the situation New Zealand got into, and they basically sacks a guy in Ian Foster who almost won a World Cup.
Conor O'SheaGUEST
Hmm.
Chris JonesHOST
Which was weird.
13 MINS LATER
Ugo MonyeHOST
Yeah
Chris JonesHOST
... coming in in Robertson.
Chris JonesHOST
And Ian Foster's there, Jordie Barrett kicks the goal, he wins the World Cup and gets sacked.
Chris JonesHOST
[laughs]
Ben YoungsHOST
But you've seen with, like, Steve Hansen in 2015, you knew that was his last World Cup.
Ben YoungsHOST
Ian Foster got to the World Cup final in '23, you knew that his was la- his last World Cup.
Ben YoungsHOST
So it, it's not as if it's hasn't been done in the past, and you know that there's gonna be a transition or someone coming after.
Ben YoungsHOST
I guess the thing is, when we've been involved with England, we had Martin Johnson in 2011 that went, Stuart Lancaster then came in.
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