{"id":11422,"date":"2019-12-11T08:59:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T12:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11422"},"modified":"2019-12-12T08:00:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T12:00:45","slug":"ian-foster-appointed-as-new-all-blacks-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11422","title":{"rendered":"Ian Foster Appointed as New All Blacks Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"New Zealand Rugby has appointed longtime All Blacks assistant head coach Ian Foster as the national side\u2019s new head coach.<\/p>\n

The 54-year-old succeeds Steve Hansen in the position after eight years serving as his assistant.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very humbling,\u201d Foster said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo actually be given the opportunity and the privilege to have this position is an amazing feeling and one I feel incredibly accountable for to make sure I do a good job with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foster\u2019s playing career spanned 148 games for Waikato between 1985 and 1998 along with two seasons for the Chiefs in the Super Rugby competition.<\/p>\n

The All Blacks went down in the Rugby World Cup at the hands of England 19-7 at the semi-final stage, and Foster said the side needed to \u201cchange some things up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re coming off a semi-final loss that hurt, so there\u2019s a group with a lot of pain in it at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo how we adjust and refresh this group and change some things up is going to be vital, just to create the energy we need to get us back to where we want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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