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New Zealand head coach Ian Foster speaks with assistant Joe Schmidt prior to the Rugby World Cup match against Italy at Parc Olympique in Lyons. Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images
New Zealand head coach Ian Foster speaks with assistant Joe Schmidt prior to the Rugby World Cup match against Italy at Parc Olympique in Lyons. Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images
Nathan Johns
Mon Oct 02 2023 - 08:00 • 4 MIN READ

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Nathan Johns

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Nathan Johns is an Irish Times journalist
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