Kate Hawkesby: I feel for Ian Foster

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Aug 7, 2022 · 2m

Imagine being Ian Foster right now.

Worse than being the most hated politician, is being an under fire AB’s coach surely.

We seem to be more aggressively passionate about rugby in this country than anything else.

Not even the way the country is run, apparently compares to how the AB’s perform, in our eyes.

So why are we so harsh? Why are we so invested in how a sports team performs?

Is it because for so long our identity as a nation was wrapped up in having a strong rugby team?

Did we idolise them and put them on a platform so early on that they became too high on the pedestal.

You know how…