'Calm down': All Black coach addresses Boks spanking

Foster said there were some mitigating circumstances due to the necessity of giving certain players game time.

HOLD THE JUDGEMENT: New Zealand's Head Coach Ian Foster. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Coach Ian Foster insists his All Blacks are not panicking ahead of the Rugby World Cup, despite being thrashed 35-7 by the world champion Springboks in their final warm-up at Twickenham.

New Zealand lost Scott Barrett to a red card and shipped five tries on the way to their heaviest defeat in 102 years of Test rugby on Friday, setting off alarm bells back home.