Ian Foster on sour grapes podcast tour

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has taken his sour grapes over the World Cup final loss on the road for a podcast tour.

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BAD LUCK AND BAD DECISIONS COST THE ALL BLACK SAYS IAN FOSTER

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Foster, who was always slated to step aside as All Blacks coach after the World Cup, believes his team were hard done by in the big match and shared his feelings on The Platform podcast.

He also felt that his team were beset by bad luck.

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“You can look at some of the controllables, there was a great Jordie Barrett chip in the first half and Ardie ran onto it, the ball didn’t bounce his way,” Foster said.

“We had a couple of goal kicks in that last 20 that didn’t go over.

“I think the World Cup should have finished on a penalty to us, near where Jordie missed his first kick.

“Kwagga Smith clearly had hands on the ground when he won a ball at the breakdown that we didn’t get a penalty for.

“The drama of having a 48 metre penalty to finish a World Cup, that wouldn’t have done anyone’s nerves any good anyway.

“But look, there’s a whole lot of ‘what ifs’, but that’s what it is.”

A TYPICAL FINAL

Foster concedes that the details of the final match will soon fade from everyone’s memories and soon few would remember much at all about his All Blacks team coming up short.

He conceded that he might not ever get over the loss.

“We’ve always said World Cups are unique and you look back at 2011 for example, we won a really tight game against France 8-7,” Foster mused.

“People forget about how tight that game was, they just remember the victory.

“There were cries from the French for a penalty in the last part of that game.

“Am I philosophical? I guess I am about it but what I’ve learnt, I’ll never get over it I don’t think, but there is no point us carrying around a lot of anger about it either because it doesn’t change.

“We’ve just got to acknowledge that’s what finals are about, there is a bit of drama on all counts.”