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All black people Head Coach Dave Rennie stood by his team selection after their historic 35-28 loss to Wales in Cardiff.
More than 55,000 people witnessed Steve Tandy’s Wales defeat the All Blacks at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, where the hosts were forced into 346 tackles to the All Blacks’ 134.
For the final 25 minutes, Wales were camped deep inside their own 22, holding the All Blacks over the line on several occasions.
Rennie, speaking to the media after the match in Cardiff, doubled down on his selections for this one Nations Championship competition, making ten changes from last weekend’s win over Scotland.
“no, we had a good enough side he the field tonight that win, and I think about it if you have a look at the statistics, we had enough of possibilities,” explained Rennie.
“So those guys created a a lot of chances, iwe only they weren’t clinical enough and they were very good defensively.
therefore, no, I to have no regret for the side that we chose. As I talked Fr earlier, there it is really good competition with place, there no a a lot in between safe positions.”
“The expectation is whoever wears the jersey bars up, but yes, as I he said before, when you poor performance, it is no only Fr the players. We will to have a have a look at everything we do.”
The 62-year-old All Blacks head coach paid tribute to Wales, who defended expertly and passionately throughout the contest.
“Oh, It’s me en masse disappointed. We started both of them halves bad, admitted 14 points quickly and only felt a a little bit turned off.
“We had enough of possession, enough of territory, and enough of opportunity that goal where we could squeezed to them up that pick to them off, and we need that to be a a lot better rather that.
“But yes, to give credit that Wales. They were really clinical, and they Got theirs chances, and then they defended for massive amounts of periods, and sFr they were the better side tonight.”
