Ian Foster and New Zealand Rugby have been in contact with World Rugby after the Rugby World Cup final. Photo: Hannah Peters
One of Ian Foster's final acts as All Blacks coach was to send a 'please explain' to World Rugby following the Rugby World Cup final.
The All Blacks lost the World Cup final to South Africa in a game that Foster said he and his coaching team would review despite Foster ending his 11-year association with the national team this week.
The final in Paris had a number of contentious calls over red and yellow cards and other officiating decisions.
On his arrival back to New Zealand just days after the World Cup campaign ended Foster said "we've already sent a file into World Rugby to get them to make a few comments on. Hopefully they do".
Foster would not outline what he had asked World Rugby to take a closer look at but said "I think you can guess" which areas of the final were up for debate.
Foster was in no hurry to decide what would be next for him.
He said he was interested in continuing to coach - "very much so" - but would not be drawn on the vacant Wallabies coaching job and said he would be taking a break and "re-evaluating" what his next move would be.
But he would be keeping in contact with some of his former All Blacks charges over the coming months.
"I invited a few of them to come around and pitch their tent on the lawn and I'll supply the music and barbecue and they can maybe bring a few drinks but I might actually fly around and see a few of them in the next month just to do the proper send-off."
