Foster's Firsts.

I was supposed to be at an event in Napier which got Covid cancelled So got in takeaways to watch game in Hotel room. As kick off approached discovered no Sky.

First time ever I could watch a game live (nearest pub was 5 minutes away) and just couldn't be bothered.

There was an inevitability to what happened that I simply could not bear watching.

Haven't gone near the match thread for the same reason.

@mofitzy_ said in Foster's Firsts.:

Can anyone name a single positive trait of Foster?

He's not Ivan Vodanovich

Thread should be pinned.

@dogmeat said in Foster's Firsts.:

I was supposed to be at an event in Napier which got Covid cancelled So got in takeaways to watch game in Hotel room. As kick off approached discovered no Sky.

First time ever I could watch a game live (nearest pub was 5 minutes away) and just couldn't be bothered.

There was an inevitability to what happened that I simply could not bear watching.

Haven't gone near the match thread for the same reason.

@mofitzy_ said in Foster's Firsts.:

Can anyone name a single positive trait of Foster?

He's not Ivan Vodanovich

Hmm, I don't like this.

First home loss to Argentina.... the hits keep coming.

@BartMan

This thread should have a secondary title - Cane's firsts. Because he is a fucking embarrassment of a test player, let alone a captain, and he is getting subbed off while his team loses again, and again, and again.

Cane is as bad at playing rugby as Foster is at coaching.

@BartMan said in Foster's Firsts.:

First home loss to Argentina.... the hits keep coming.

First ever 3 loses at home in a row. First ever negative points differential after more than 1 game in RC/3N

Wouldn't you love the press to have the balls to throw these things in his face. Like hard hitting political journalist. These are facts. Throw them at him. Demand explanations or resignations

5th in IRB/World-Rugby rankings.

@Kruse said in Foster's Firsts.:

5th in IRB/World-Rugby rankings.

For the second time in his reign, previously never lower than 3 I think

@Machpants said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Kruse said in Foster's Firsts.:

5th in IRB/World-Rugby rankings.

For the second time in his reign, previously never lower than 3 I think

Ah - shit - I'd forgotten we'd been 5th already. I thought he was the first to take us to 4th, and just now - the first to take us to 5th.
Playing with that rankings calculator - is a fucking depressing hobby the day after a loss.

@Kruse said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Machpants said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Kruse said in Foster's Firsts.:

5th in IRB/World-Rugby rankings.

For the second time in his reign, previously never lower than 3 I think

Ah - shit - I'd forgotten we'd been 5th already. I thought he was the first to take us to 4th, and just now - the first to take us to 5th.
Playing with that rankings calculator - is a fucking depressing hobby the day after a loss.

The Scots inaugural victory could see the mighty Thistles get in the top five and see the ABs drop to sixth maybe ?

Wow, big November coming up, I’m gonna buy some single malt to celebrate !

@Tim said in Foster's Firsts.:

@BartMan

This thread should have a secondary title - Cane's firsts. Because he is a fucking embarrassment of a test player, let alone a captain, and he is getting subbed off while his team loses again, and again, and again.

Cane is as bad at playing rugby as Foster is at coaching.

At least Cane used to be good

@MN5 said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Tim said in Foster's Firsts.:

@BartMan

This thread should have a secondary title - Cane's firsts. Because he is a fucking embarrassment of a test player, let alone a captain, and he is getting subbed off while his team loses again, and again, and again.

Cane is as bad at playing rugby as Foster is at coaching.

At least Cane used to be good

Ssshhh... I'm pretty sure Cane ran over @Tim 's new-but-already-beloved puppy last night. I'd hold off saying anything even remotely positive about him for a little while.

@MN5 said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Tim said in Foster's Firsts.:

@BartMan

This thread should have a secondary title - Cane's firsts. Because he is a fucking embarrassment of a test player, let alone a captain, and he is getting subbed off while his team loses again, and again, and again.

Cane is as bad at playing rugby as Foster is at coaching.

At least Cane used to be good

Good enough to make the King Country starting lineup in probably the last time he played an NPC match in NZ.

@MN5 said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Kruse said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Machpants said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Kruse said in Foster's Firsts.:

5th in IRB/World-Rugby rankings.

For the second time in his reign, previously never lower than 3 I think

Ah - shit - I'd forgotten we'd been 5th already. I thought he was the first to take us to 4th, and just now - the first to take us to 5th.
Playing with that rankings calculator - is a fucking depressing hobby the day after a loss.

The Scots inaugural victory could see the mighty Thistles get in the top five and see the ABs drop to sixth maybe ?

Wow, big November coming up, I’m gonna buy some single malt to celebrate !

ABs could quite realistically already be 7th by then.

Fuck this thread is depressing.

I never thought as a AB fan for years it would come to this .

@Chris said in Foster's Firsts.:

Fuck this thread is depressing.

I never thought as a AB fan for years it would come to this .

Just embrace it. It’s like being a fan of Scotland.

@MN5 said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Chris said in Foster's Firsts.:

Fuck this thread is depressing.

I never thought as a AB fan for years it would come to this .

Just embrace it. It’s like being a fan of Scotland.

ok MacFoster is the new coach.

@Chris said in Foster's Firsts.:

@MN5 said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Chris said in Foster's Firsts.:

Fuck this thread is depressing.

I never thought as a AB fan for years it would come to this .

Just embrace it. It’s like being a fan of Scotland.

ok MacFoster is the new coach.

Old MacFoster had a team
Ee-i-ee-i-o
And on that team he dumped some shit
Ee-i-ee-i-o...

Longest rebuild in rugby history

For the first time ever I have zero faith in the AB coach. And I have limited enthusiasm while he remains in charge. Just look at his post-match comments “we were a bit disappointed with the reffing at the breakdown” and “cane played fine”.

If he loses next week, it’ll be a shitshow of all proportions.

The guy just seems clueless. Like reece discarded, Fakatava nowhere to be seen, backrow unbalanced and so on. Just hopeless!

@Machpants said in Foster's Firsts.:

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The gall of Stuff to include their "please give us some money, to help us do all this awesome journalism" at the end of THAT article... which is almost 100% copy-pasted from the Fern.
Aaron - whoever you are - I don't mind you doing that, but the request for alms being included was a bit on-the-nose.

I hate that we lost a test that was there for the taking, but on the “firsts”, I’m a little less fussed/shocked about the fact we lost to the Argies at home. We play them twice a year and have been doing so for a few years now, plus they have coaches that are very familiar with AB rugby, add to that their development, it was bound to happen.

This doesn’t remove all the issues we are seeing with our play etc.

Just updating this thread.

Worst ever Ab defeat.
First AB defeat in pool play.
Biggest AB RWC defeat.

Thanks, Fozzie!

Most learnings of any AB coach.

According to Rugby Database, for the first time in All Blacks history, they have lost two tests in a row by 13 or more points. They lost by 28 against the Springboks at Twickenham and by 14 to France today.

Magnificent we are racking up these Firsts at an incredible rate under The donut king,
Is there any more we can add before his day is done.

So to update

First to lose to Ireland in NZ.
First to lose a series to Ireland.
First 3 test series loss in professional era.
Worst halftime deficit ever.
First to lose to Argentina, and at home
Highest score against us
Biggest losing margin x2
Lowest world ranking
Worst win rate in Pro era
First ever consecutive 14 point+ losses
First loss in RWC pool play
Worst ever RWC loss
Biggest margin of defeats and highest scores conceded against Argentina, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, and France
Only ever time lost 3 consecutive home tests

Our winning percentage against top-tier nations must be pretty appalling.

Is there a world where we don’t qualify from this pool? Italy are not as shit as people think

@Yeahtheboys
I agree on the last Northern tour we struggled to put them away,
Beating Italy maybe not a given.

@Chris said in Foster's Firsts.:

@Yeahtheboys
I agree on the last Northern tour we struggled to put them away,
Beating Italy maybe not a given.

Last time we played Italy 2021 we won 47-9.

I agree beating Italy is not a given but we didn't struggle to put them away. We struggled to put Japan away last year.

@KiwiMurph

I actually thought the score was closer,
We took a while to put them away didn’t we ?.

First AB team to lose a game against France at a RWC while wearing black and France wearing alternative strip? is that a thing?

@Machpants said in Foster's Firsts.:

So to update

First to lose to Ireland in NZ.
First to lose a series to Ireland.
First 3 test series loss in professional era.
Worst halftime deficit ever.
First to lose to Argentina, and at home
Highest score against us
Biggest losing margin x2
Lowest world ranking
Worst win rate in Pro era
First ever consecutive 14 point+ losses
First loss in RWC pool play
Worst ever RWC loss
Biggest margin of defeats and highest scores conceded against Argentina, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, and France
Only ever time lost 3 consecutive home tests

Fuck me that is some list of achievements. I wonder what his KPIs are. I guess he never lost the Bledisloe and we did win TRC.

@chimoaus said in Foster's Firsts.:

Fuck me that is some list of achievements.

He stands squats on the shoulders of giants...

First coach to lower the expectations of the ABs for a good clump of Kiwi's.

@broughie said in Foster's Firsts.:

First coach to lower the expectations of the ABs for a good clump of Kiwi's.

Yep, can't be too often that expectations are slightly higher for the Warriors than for the All Blacks...