The suitcases are heavy for the All Blacks when they leave Europe. Swept away by Ireland ten days ago (29-20), the "men in black" suffered a new rout on Saturday night (40-25) and the heaviest setback in their history against the XV of France.
"It was hard for us over the last two games,"
conceded New Zealand coach Ian Foster, who nevertheless wants to be positive:
"We will continue to work, but we have a good base for work. What do I think of our progress this season? We have never played so many games and we won 12 out of 15. "
In the country of oval excellence, these three setbacks (with that against the Springboks in early October) are stain: the Blacks record their worst record for twelve years (14 successes, 4 losses).
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