Dave Rennie and Ian Foster's contrasting views on late time wasting decision

Dave Rennie and Ian Foster have provided contrasting views on the final moments of the first Bledisloe Cup match of 2022.

New Zealand retained the Cup once again after securing a dramatic 39-37 victory over Australia thanks to a late Jordie Barrett try.

While there weren't doubts over Barrett's try, it was the moments in the lead-up to it that are filled with controversy.

The All Blacks were awarded a free-kick in the final minute of the match, which they opted for a scrum and led to Barrett's try, as flyhalf Bernard Foley was penalised for time wasting.

Wallabies' head coach Dave Rennie was stunned by the decision, along with his players, and told Stan Sport after the match that he “haven’t seen a decision like that at any level,”

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When asked whether he knew the law, Rennie said he had never seen it officiated.

“The rule book’s complex, isn’t it,” he said.

“There’s surely something in there somewhere (but) that is never reffed upon.

“It’s incredibly disappointing way to finish because down 31-13, down to 13 players, (we) showed a huge amount of character to come back into that game and then get our nose in front. So to lose it, in that fashion, massively disappointing.” he added.

Meanwhile, All Blacks head coach Ian Foster said that it was a clear cut call.

 

 

 

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“I thought it was very clear cut,” Foster told reporters in his post-match press conference.

“They were delaying the kick. He said time off.

“He warned him then he said time off and then he said to speed up then he said time on. Then he asked him twice to kick it.

“I understand there is a contentious nature about it but it was very clear cut from the opposition.

“The other one that wasn’t clear cut was when Kellaway and the TMO wanted to look at what was a very suspicious forward pass and yet the conversion was allowed to be taken.”

Veteran lock Sam Whitelock, who has played well over 100 test matches for the All Blacks, said that he had seen nothing like it before.

“I haven’t had that happen to me in a game whether for or against the side I’m playing for,” he said.

“You’ve got to make sure you’ve got a good plan to close out the game whether you’re up by one point or by more.

“Slips (James Slipper) and I have known each other for a long time and he said ‘look, we’ve just got to be better than that’ and he’s spot on.

“It’s something that I know that they will review and look at it and they’ll make sure that it doesn’t happen again.”

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