New Zealand coach Ian Foster lamented his side's "unacceptable" errors in their 23-12 defeat to Ireland in Dunedin, acknowledging that it was "hard trying to play catch up" after the first-half red card to Angus Ta'avao. Foster has now presided over two defeats from three encounters against Ireland and a first ever on home soil in the fixture. "We've had a couple of starts [that] are substandard, which we're going to have to improve on," Foster told Stuff.co.nz afterwards. It's hard trying to play catch up with 14 men against a really well organised defensive team. "But we were our own worst enemy in that second half.

Source: Stuff July 09, 2022 14:53 UTC