On Tuesday in the leafy suburb of Newlands assistant coach Ian Foster rolled into the press conference bang on time at 12h30 and proceeded to hold court for 20 mins in an engaging conversation, even having to navigate the proverbial silly question that always rears its head be it a visiting rugby team or music star “Please have you got some words for all you Cape Fans “ – cringe.
This writer went the more cerebral route and took a leaf out of the management books and asked the question about Success and how ,success can be a bad teacher.
Ian’s answer was short and crisp yet rather telling in that you measure success with results ( the world looks at success as a win or loss ) and you could even break a game down into sections as well .”The previous week we had a successful 1st half against Argentina yet the 2nd half was not as crisp.
“How successfully did we play ? Can we get better? -Yes we can. and that is what drives us.” remarked Ian Foster
Their is no complacency in what we want to do -We want to put on an 80 min performance ”
Ominous warning indeed even after the 57 nil demolition of the Boks in Albany a few weeks back.
“It was a special game,but we did not perform the week after that .”
“What happens in the past is poor indicator for future performances.” This test on Saturday will be special ,in fact all test matches against the Boks are special test matches .
“The Boks bring out the best in us for sure .SA vs All Blacks you have to be 100% otherwise you feel it.”
After Ian spoke Dane Coles and Sam Whitelock discussed forward play and getting the body and time clock ready for the week.
Not too much on the field running around is key this week and today Wednesday is the day off for the team .The All Blacks name their team on Thursday morning.
Martin Myers 
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