All Blacks coach Ian Foster scathingly criticises the Lions series in South Africa for being too cautious, saying the clashes 'put me to sleep' and branding the two-hour second Test in Cape Town as a 'slugfest' All Blacks coach Ian Foster has claimed that the Lions series put him to sleep Foster was especially critical of the second Test as he branded it a 'slugfest' South Africa forwards coach Deon Davids defended conservative style of play
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The Lions series in South Africa has been ridiculed by All Blacks coach Ian Foster for being so boring it is sending him to sleep.
Foster took aim at Saturday’s second Test, which he branded a two-hour ‘slugfest’ dominated by kicking contests.
He was assistant coach to Steve Hansen during the 2017 Lions tour of New Zealand and believes the series is too cautious now.
All Blacks coach Ian Foster claimed that the Lions series in South Africa sent him to sleep
‘I watched it between 10pm and 1am. It put me to sleep,’ said Foster.
‘The Lions series, the one we had here, the one over there… they’re a very tight, almost