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Perhaps the most remarkable sporting debate of 2019, and one that promises to rumble on for some time yet, was over the appointment of Ian Foster as All Blacks coach.

One pundit declared the choice of Foster over Crusaders coach Scott Robertson was “a disaster” and rugby was “a dead game walking” as a result. Another wrote, “We, the people, hold hope in our hearts, but have horror in our heads

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