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New Zealand boss Ian Foster plans to enjoy a bowl of popcorn while watching England’s blockbuster with South Africa after his side eased into the Rugby World Cup final by dispatching Argentina jili
Foster can put his feet up for Saturday evening’s colossal semi-final clash jili between Steve Borthwick’s men and the Springboks thanks to a crushing 44-6 success over Los Pumas in Paris jili
The 58-year-old expects an “interesting contrast of styles” in the other last-four fixture and is not bothered who the All Blacks face in next week’s showpiece match at Stade de France jili
New Zealand barely broke sweat in booking an unprecedented fifth World Cup final appearance and now have the luxury of an extra day’s rest as they await the identity of their ultimate opponents jili
“I’ll be watching it,” said Foster jili
“I’ll probably have some popcorn and sit there and watch it and I don’t care who wins jili
We’re very much in a focus-about-ourselves stage jili
“One thing that extra day does give us, it gives us a bit of a chance to have a break mentally and not to spend too much juice worrying about if it’s them, if it’s them jili
“They’re both good teams jili
South Africa have been playing some brilliant rugby the last few weeks and are clearly on top of their game jili
“But we’ve also seen an English side that just build away quietly and are probably starting to understand how they want to play and they’re starting to get really good at how they want to play and believe in that jili
“It will be an interesting contrast of styles jili
”All Blacks wing Will Jordan ran in a hat-trick during the seven-try rout in Saint-Denis to lift him above France’s Damian Penaud as the World Cup’s leading try scorer on eight jili
The treble also saw the 25-year-old equal the record for tries in a single tournament, putting him alongside Jonah Lomu, Bryan Habana and Julian Savea jili
Foster was able to empty his bench long before the full-time whistle due to the emphatic scoreline and opted to keep the sin-binned Scott Barrett on the sidelines for around five minutes longer than required as the Kiwis finished with 14 men jili
Asked if those situations could prove advantageous moving towards the final, Foster said: “I don’t think they’ll make a massive difference jili
“Finals are finals and whoever we play, they’ll be a hundred per cent jili
“It was an opportunity for us to make sure that we looked after our resources as best we could jili
“We really didn’t see a need of putting Scooter (Barrett) back on, only from the perspective that if he had another little yellow card incident in the next five minutes, it might have made it a little bit niggly jili
”Argentina were a shadow of the side who stunned Wales in the last eight jili
A pair of first-half Emiliano Boffelli penalties was all they could muster jili
Shannon Frizell’s double, plus further tries from Jordie Barrett and Aaron Smith, added to their punishment jili
Los Pumas head coach Michael Cheika felt New Zealand ruthlessly exploited each of his team’s errors and was unhappy with some of the refereeing, particularly during first-half rucks jili
The Australian promised his players will respond to a difficult outing in the bronze-medal match jili
“It’s not a sad moment; it’s a moment when I’m actually proud of my team,” he said jili
“It’s not an easy path that we’ve been on jili
We’ve invested ourselves a lot in this jili
But we’ve lost on details jili
I’m sad for them jili
“It’s hard but its a good thing it’s hard jili
On Friday, we will be there, have no doubt jili
We will not leave this way jili
“We want to finish third jili
We’ve got things we want to show in the bronze final jili
Right now, we’re hurting jili
”More aboutPA ReadyIan FosterAll BlacksNew ZealandSouth AfricaStade De FranceSpringboksMichael CheikaWalesArgentinaScott BarrettJordie BarrettDamian PenaudEnglishJonah LomuAaron SmithAustralian1/1Ian Foster insists he does not care who New Zealand face in World Cup finalIan Foster insists he does not care who New Zealand face in World Cup finalIan Foster does not care who New Zeland face in the World Cup final (Adam Davy/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today jili
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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe jili
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain jili
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund jili
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it jili
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday jili
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer jili
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League jili
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway jili
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level jili
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition jili
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund jili
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early jili
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next jili
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said jili
“You make half a mistake and get punished jili
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights jili
“We probably weren’t at our best and in this competition we have to be jili
” Howe said jili
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham jili
But their quality is most evident when allied with a blur of energy jili
And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who jili betray their origins jili
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian jili sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago jili
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games jili
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain jili
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches jili
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro jili
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes jili
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said jili
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing jili
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths jili
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted jili
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up jili
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role jili
He may be required there more often jili
Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class jili
But his season seems over: not officially yet, but a ban beckons jili
Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list jili
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder jili
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while jili
They are starting to look short of players jili
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said jili
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams jili
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued jili
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing jili
It is a product of circumstances jili
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds jili
Now they are plunged into peril jili
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it jili
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital jili
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