After the 53-3 whitewash of Argentina, New Zealand forwards coach Jason Ryan on Sunday urged consistency, saying the All Blacks shouldn’t need a setback to be motivated.
Seven days after being defeated 25-18 by the same opponents, the All Blacks played their most complete 80 minutes of 2022 on Saturday in Hamilton, scoring seven consecutive tries and bursting with energy.
Ryan urged a stop to the year’s inconsistent play, which included a 2-1 home series loss to Ireland, Rugby Championship losses to South Africa and Argentina, both of which were swiftly followed by victories seven days later.
Ryan stated, “We shouldn’t have to react like All Blacks.
“The problem right now is consistency, and we can handle it. We should be proud of some of the excellent things that happened, and we are.
“The lads have been struggling, but after that performance, they should feel confident.”
After the Ireland series, Ian Foster replaced John Plumtree and Brad Mooar with Ryan and former Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt as his assistants.
The athletes claim that both have had an instant effect.
intensive practise
Fly-half This week, Richie Mo’unga praised attack coach Schmidt for his attention to detail, while lock Brodie Retallick praised Ryan for helping to improve New Zealand’s set-piece work—an area that the Irish highlighted.
The 96-Test veteran Retallick remarked on Sunday, “I’ve been here ten years, and this is perhaps the most intensive and accurate week of training I’ve been a part of.”
“The fact that Fozzie (Foster), Joe, and Jason provide a tight five that plays well and physically frees up everyone else to play, I believe the lads are really buying into what they have to offer.
“However, it cannot be limited to one week. The key right now is consistency.”
All four teams in the Rugby Championship have two victories and two losses, but New Zealand leads Australia by one bonus point with two Tests left, the first of which is on September 15 in Melbourne.
A 50-point loss was heartbreaking, but Pumas coach Michael Cheika felt it would strengthen his squad going into their two remaining Tests against South Africa.
Last week, Argentina defeated the All Blacks for the first time ever on New Zealand territory as a result of Argentina’s players being too timid in the collisions, according to Cheika.
“We controlled the physicality in the first game, but we lost it in the second. That becomes much more crucial in these (wet) circumstances, and the game escaped us “explained he.
“It’s not like New Zealand’s ferocity came as a surprise. It’s a two-sided equation, and we had the chance to turn it around, but we didn’t; as a result, we lost the game by losing the middle fight.”