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Stay cool and don’t react. It may sound elementary, but All Blacks coach Ian Foster is insisting on the need for discipline and smarter reactions to Argentine taunts in preparation for his 2020 final test.
A week after a monumental 25-15 loss to the All Blacks, Argentina pulled off a 15-15 draw with the Wallabies in Newcastle on Saturday to leave Foster’s men at the top of the Three Nations ladder.
They have one more proof to show that they are not a waning force in world rugby when they face Los Pumas in the same venue next Saturday night.
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Marcos Kremer of Argentina and Shannon Frizell of the All Blacks meet during their first round of Tri-Nations.
Discipline was a costly factor in their back-to-back losses to the Wallabies and Pumas, and the All Blacks conceded 26 penalties combined.
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Shannon Frizell and Dane Coles were two All Blacks who reacted by lashing out at Sydney, not seriously enough to be penalized in terms of cards.
“When we tried to get caught, they were penalizing us. Let’s face it, an opposition player hitting you over the head to provoke you isn’t really a nuisance, is it? That’s just one of their tactic; just smile and go, ”Foster told NewstalkZB on Sunday.
“Players are getting frustrated with some of the actions that people are getting away with, so now we are back to the bad times where the only player the referees see is the one retaliating and I’m not a big fan of that. because the people who are doing the initial things are getting away with it.
“Frankly, we have to improve to deal with that. It’s not smart to retaliate. “
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All Blacks forward Ardie Savea finds another blue and white wall in Sydney.
Foster remained impressed with coach Mario Ledesma’s team, which rebounded from its greatest result to push the host nation to the limit.
The first five eighths Nicolás Sánchez kicked all his points as Argentina fed on the remains of possession and shared the spoils with the Wallabies, whose goalkeeper Reece Hodge lost one last chance to seal the victory.
Foster told NewstalkZB: “They have some players that we as a country don’t know much about, but they are proving to be an outstanding rugby team, well trained, very disciplined on defense, very aggressive and [Saturday’s draw] it proved it was not a one-shot wonder. “
Training will increase in the coming days on the All Blacks’ redemption mission, and Foster will reveal his team Thursday for the game at McDonald Jones Stadium.
“It couldn’t be better written for us when we have a team that hurts us, we respect them and we know we have to match fire with fire against them,” Foster said.
