Dejected All Blacks, without solutions, without ideas.
The event is rare enough to challenge.
Beaten by Ireland this Saturday in Wellington (22-32), Ian Foster's players are slowly but surely becoming an almost ordinary team that no longer looks like the scarecrow of world rugby.
Back in figures on this oh so delicate period for Blacks in search of a second wind.
24.
Like the number of consecutive years New Zealand have not conceded back-to-back home defeats.
The disappointment of this Saturday against the XV of Clover follows that of last weekend when the men of Andy Farrell already brought down the Blacks, in Dunedin this time (12-23).
It was also Ireland's first-ever win on New Zealand soil.
19.
Like the number of points difference between New Zealand and Ireland at the break this Saturday.
When they returned to the locker room, Johnny Sexton's teammates were leading 22-3 thanks to three tries, two of which were converted.
Such a score at half-time, against the Blacks, had simply never happened during a test match.
19 - @AllBlacks are trailing by 19 points after the first 40 minutes against @IrishRugby (3-22), their biggest halftime deficit in a Test.
Stunned.
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— OptaJonny (@OptaJonny) July 16, 2022
28.
It has been 28 years since a European side won a summer tour of New Zealand.
With two victories for a single defeat (42-19 in the first match), Ireland succeeds the France team, the last nation to have achieved such a feat in 1994.
4.
Like the number of All Blacks defeats in their last five outings.
Among these setbacks, three were conceded against Ireland, which had already won during the November test match in Dublin (29-20).
A few days later, Ian Foster's men took the broth at the Stade de France against the Blues (40-25).
A negative series as rare as it is worrying just over a year from the World Cup.
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is also the place currently occupied by New Zealand in the world rankings behind France, Ireland and South Africa.
The silver fern XV had never sunk so low since the introduction of this ranking in 2003.
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3.
The number of defeats conceded by New Zealand in the year 2021. Despite the 12 victories gleaned that year, it is the worst record for the All Blacks in a calendar year since 2009. That year , the Blues, coached by Marc Lievremont, won in Dunedin with a score of 27-22.
69.
This is the percentage of victories of the Blacks in test matches since the arrival of coach Ian Foster on the bench in 2019. A ratio well below the usual standards.
Between 1903 and 2019, the All Blacks won 77.41% of their 580 test matches played, according to figures from the New Zealand Federation.
Enough to further weaken a coach who has already been harshly criticized by the local press for many months.