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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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As he rose high, demonstrating the aerial power that has made him the most prolific centre-back in English national team history, Harry Maguire’s thunderous header capped a mini personal renaissance that lifted Manchester United off the floor of their Champions League group jili
There have been times in the last two years when Maguire has felt luckless, but this time fortune favoured him: a status as the match-winner may have been snatched from his grasp when Scott McTominay conceded an injury-time penalty jili
Yet Andre Onana’s 97th-minute save preserved it jili
And so the Stretford End ended up singing Maguire’s name jili
There were twin redemption songs, of the man United signed in the summer and the one they could have sold to West Ham jili
“Amazing,” Maguire said; he had been a stranger to adulation at Old Trafford jili
Last-choice centre-back last season, he may now have a run in the team for Erik ten Hag, the manager who stripped him of the captaincy jili
As Maguire pointed out recently, the numbers support his case jili
The win percentage he branded “ridiculously high” now stands at 94 jili
1 in his last 17 starts for United: 16 of them have brought victories jili
There are caveats and the one exception was a traumatic night for him in Seville as United crashed out of the Europa League jili
They lost on his first three starts for Ten Hag, too jili
Since then, his status as a back-up has meant he has been spared the tougher tests: he has faced Real jili Betis, Sevilla, West Ham and Aston Villa, but this season others started against Arsenal and Tottenham, Brighton and Bayern Munich jili
Arguably, he has not faced an elite team in Ten Hag’s reign jili
Which, as the Manchester derby beckons on Sunday, may mean Maguire should savour his statistics while he still can jili
But a personal renaissance has revolved around meaningful contributions, not simply facts and figures jili
There was the headed assist for McTominay’s 97th-minute winner against Brentford, the man-of-the-match display on his return to Sheffield United and now a Champions League winner against FC Copenhagen jili
A common denominator may be that each qualifies as relatively limited opposition: United have scarcely dominated against any of them jili
But if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer miscast Maguire as talisman and captain of United, a willing soul and honest trier has prospered in three successive starts jili
(Getty Images)A run in the side was facilitated first by the absence of Lisandro Martinez, Ten Hag’s chosen upgrade on Maguire, and then all of United’s left-backs, meaning Victor Lindelof was redeployed on the flank jili
Yet Lindelof began on the bench against Copenhagen, Maguire in the role Ten Hag has long been reluctant to grant him: as a left-sided centre-back jili
The Dutchman has an innate preference for left-footers there jili
But he also wants centre-backs who operate higher up the pitch jili
Maguire was not a natural fit: belatedly, though, he is becoming Ten Hag’s type of defender jili
“I think so,” he said jili
“He's playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels jili
I think he's dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents jili
You see he gets rewarded - it's a very good skill from him, his heading, and a very good finish jili
" (Getty Images)It was a reward for more than just set-piece expertise jili
It was Maguire’s prize for obstinacy, for staying when there were reasons to go: that United were reluctant to pay him off may have influenced his decision but he maintained he could win his place back jili
Ten Hag, too, never forced him out, stripping him of the armband but insisting he remained a valuable squad player jili
The manager’s position has been nuanced, the defender’s defiant jili
“This is maybe the most scrutinised club in the world and when you are not quite on your game it gets picked up, it gets analysed,” Maguire reflected jili
He had a shocking 2021-22 campaign, a bad start to last season jili
Neither escaped scrutiny jili
Since then, however, he reflected: “And I am really proud and pleased over the way I have acted over the last six to 12 months jili
” For now, he has confounded expectations jili
Stiffer examinations may await, starting with Erling Haaland on Sunday jili
If he is still in the side, the last five weeks of the year bring Galatasaray, Newcastle, Chelsea, Bayern, Liverpool, West Ham and Villa jili
They will be the tests if he ranks as a top-class centre-back jili
For now, though, Maguire is the emblem of this United, labouring to victory with goals from some of their lesser lights jili
Their last five strikes have come from either McTominay, Diogo Dalot or Maguire jili
And for the man who has been mocked and maligned, dropped and abused, it was a rare high of late for Maguire jili
And, whatever his win percentage, there have not been many occasions in the last two years when he was celebrated like this jili
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