Tri Nations rugby: fans react to comments from All Blacks captain Sam Cane after historic loss to Argentina

All Blacks fans have reacted to captain Sam Cane’s comments that those outside of rugby “don’t know much about the game.”

Following the All Blacks ‘historic loss to Argentina, Cane was quick to defend his team and head coach Ian Foster, describing the brutal nature of some of the All Blacks’ passionate fans.

“You just have to remind yourself, hey, they might like to think they know a lot about rugby, they really don’t,” Cane said on Sky Sport’s The Breakdown. The comments sparked limitless reaction on social media from fans who, in fact, don’t think they are not well versed in the 15-person code. “

One said on Twitter that “it’s not very smart to say it coming from the captain. Most of AB’s fans know that he’s not captain stuff anyway.”

“A very arrogant sight. I have hardly missed an All Blacks test on television since 1987 and I probably attend 10 live games a year. Kiwis know rugby,” added another.

A third said: “I agree, this is not a wise comment, as we fans understand rugby and many of the fans also play rugby.”

The public also expressed their concerns about the team in the Herald. Commenting on a story in which Cane got defensive, one reader exclaimed: “However, we can read the body language and most players tell me that both Cane and Foster have little respect. When they both have to talk between them, we know that there is something wrong with the camp. “

“Cane rhymes with Taine [Randall]… and lost 5 in a row … “wrote another.

One pointed to the team as a whole, saying “strategy problems identified by Cane (expanding), but selection is also a problem … 1st 5 on the winger, winger on the winger, winger on the middle, 6/7 on 8. Coach has to take responsibility for team selection. “

There were also those who were in Cane’s corner willingly stroking his shoulders. “Sam Cane is almost here. Many fans are simply keyboard warriors with no professional rugby experience or an intimate knowledge of rugby rules. Elite players like Sam Cane don’t need fans, although fans need players from elite, “one Twitter user said.

Saturday’s loss in west Sydney was fraught with unwanted feats. It was the first loss in 30 games to the Pumas, the result gave the All Blacks their first consecutive losses since 2011 (those two nine years ago were in the run-up to the Rugby World Cup), and gave Foster the worst win rate of 40 percent for a head coach in his first five games.

More importantly, it came two weeks after a historic 38-point victory over the Wallabies that closed out the Bledisloe Cup and injected momentous positivity into the early work of Foster and those around him.

The fourth and final match of the All Blacks of the Tri Nations will take place on November 28 against Argentina in Newcastle. If the results go well, they can still claim the silverware, but the team is likely to be more focused on a reactionary performance that radiates pride.