{"id":239185,"date":"2022-09-16T06:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T06:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=239185"},"modified":"2022-09-17T04:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T04:59:34","slug":"chaotic-wallabies-moment-before-ridiculous-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=239185","title":{"rendered":"'Chaotic' Wallabies moment before 'ridiculous' call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wallabies man of the moment Bernard Foley insists he wasn't trying to deliberately waste time and has taken aim at All Blacks \ufeffcoach Ian Foster for a lack of sympathy after the heartbreaking Bledisloe Cup loss on Thursday.<\/a><\/p>\n

New Zealand's 39-37 triumph in Melbourne<\/a> will be remembered for referee Mathieu Raynal's unprecedented decision to give the All Blacks a free kick which they then converted into Jordie Barrett's match-winning try.<\/p>\n

\ufeffRaynal could be heard urging Foley to kick for touch but the five-eighth insists he was merely trying to organise his teammates.<\/p>\n

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\"Bernard<\/p>\n

"It was pretty chaotic," Foley said on Between Two Posts, <\/em>which will air on Stan Sport on Friday night.<\/a><\/p>\n

"The ref was trying to speed the game up, we were just trying to get certainty about the call. There was a lot of change of personnel, it was loud, 55,000 people in there, roof closed so we were just trying to get clarity. There's a process we go through when we're kicking for touch so we were just going through that.<\/p>\n

"My comms to the referee, he said 'time's off, can you hurry up and kick?' There was no times of there was going to be a repercussion or that time was back on.<\/p>\n

Watch \ufeffthe full Bernard Foley interview tonight with Sean Maloney, Andrew Mehrtens and Morgan Turinui<\/strong><\/em> on Between Two Posts on Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bledisloe<\/p>\n

"So it's a shame because it was a great game, I was really impressed with the character that the team showed when we went down people and we got behind, to stay in the fight.<\/p>\n

"That we're talking about that is disappointing and still trying to digest it I suppose."<\/p>\n

Footage \ufeffhas emerged on social media highlighting Wallabies teammates – led by Lalakai Foketi – urging Foley to hurry up and kick for touch.<\/p>\n

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But the 33-year-old said he "wasn't aware" of their cries.<\/p>\n

"La (Foketi), speaking to him (afterwards), he was getting a read off the referee and was trying to impose there. But I was talking, trying to get the read with the forwards and go through the process. It's hard to digest."<\/p>\n

Foley was asked what the team's plan was as they tried to hold onto a slender lead in the dying minutes.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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"Keep it tight and try and wind down the clock that way," he replied.<\/p>\n

"It wasn't trying to get to the buzzer and not kick the ball. I had all intentions to get there and kick the ball and contest that set-piece."<\/p>\n

Foley said the Test was overall played in excellent spirits but was disappointed to read Foster's comments criticising Australia's game management.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Wallabies<\/p>\n

"Dane Coles, I'll get myself in trouble if I speak about him," he quipped.<\/p>\n

"But a few comments from Ian Foster – when you get away with one there should be a bit of empathy or sympathy and that's probably the disappointing thing. Because had the shoe been on the other foot, it would have been interesting to see their reaction."<\/p>\n

Foley hoped the bizarre situation would end up being a one-off.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Referee<\/p>\n

"It's tough because you always feel you're on the wrong end of it. You hope it doesn't set a precedent. Let's just hope it's an anomaly, as much as that sucks, and we've just got to swallow the hard pill."<\/p>\n

Former Wallaby Morgan Turinui added that \ufeffRaynal's actions could open a can of worms.<\/p>\n

"I have never ever seen that decision made, in a match of Test rugby, in my life. It's a strange line in the sand from the referee," Turinui said.<\/p>\n

\"All<\/p>\n

"This decision was ridiculous."<\/p>\n

The Wallabies now dust themselves off for a return match at Eden Park on September 24.<\/p>\n

Foley appears a near certainty to start at No.10 again after a superb performance in his first Test in three years.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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