Business of Sport: Hyper-sensitivity is the new All Blacks master trait

Business of Sport: Hyper-sensitivity is the new All Blacks master trait
The All Blacks and coach Ian Foster's team have come in for a shellacking this week. (Image: Getty)
Trevor McKewen
It seems the hostilities started early. The first dust-up came only a few hours after Ireland had demoralised the All Blacks, and an entire country.  Aggression better served to have been channelled into the series decider showed up in an intriguing and unexpected manner on the Saturday night as post-match-reality settled in. The All Blacks turned on one of their own.The verbal contretemps between Akira Ioane and former All Black halfback-turned-Sky pundit Justin Marshall was the first example of how thin the hide of Ian Foster’s tea...

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