Ian Foster

All Blacks lock suffers broken cheekbone in controversial incident during third Test defeat as head coach Foster remains defiant.

They came down here and really tested us and we were beaten by a better side tonight. “For us we’re a group that’s working hard and we’re working on solutions. It’s given us a massive marker.” I think it would be disrespectful of us not to make that [clear]. They achieved something special tonight. We have a lot of belief in many of the solutions that we’ve got and we know we have to be better at executing them.” Retallick’s injury is a serious blow on a night that wasn’t short of them for the home side, who conceded a home series to Ireland for the first time and who have been defeated twice in consecutive Tests for the first time since 1998.