{"id":769201,"date":"2026-09-13T09:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769201\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:24:16","slug":"not-good-enough-rennie-highlights-key-area-of-frustration-after-boks-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769201\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Not good enough’: Rennie highlights key area of frustration after Boks defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Published: 5 hours ago | 13 September 2026 00:10 EDT <\/p>\n

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BALTIMORE, MD – SEPTEMBER 12: Tyrel Lomax #18 of the New Zealand All Blacks carries the ball against the South Africa Springboks during the second half at M&T Bank Stadium on September 12, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch – World Rugby\/World Rugby via Getty Images) \"Google <\/a> <\/p>\n

When All Blacks<\/a> assistant coach Neil Barnes told Sport Nation\u2019s Mark Stafford ahead of the fourth Test match that they can\u2019t afford to give away DAPS (dumb ass penalties) against South Africa, the messaging was loud and clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe challenge ourselves by not giving away DAPS \u2013 dumb-ass penalties,\u201d Barnes told Sport Nation Afternoons.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot bloody well getting into positions where we\u2019re allowing them to have access into our area where they can get that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for head coach Dave Rennie and Barnes, the All Blacks were guilty of just that, handing back possession to the Springboks in threatening positions in Baltimore.<\/p>\n

All Blacks No.6 Tupou Vaa\u2019i was the culprit against the Springboks in the fourth Test, pinged by English referee Karl Dickson for holding onto Cameron Hanekom\u2019s leg past the breakdown.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters in Baltimore, Rennie was honest when asked about his side\u2019s inaccuracies at the breakdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s not good enough. Yeah, it just does not affect the game either. But it\u2019s dumb,\u201d Rennie said post-match after their 43-28 defeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo yeah, we\u2019ve got to get this sort of stuff out of our game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old head-honcho explained that, despite the set-piece being much improved, there were multiple other problem areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, high ball put us under a little bit more heat again tonight; we couldn\u2019t grab a lot of those.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought set-piece was excellent. You know, scrum and lineout, so I thought that was a real positive, and you know we showed again when we can get our continuity going, we\u2019re going to score tries.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think our line breaks were even tonight. I thought South Africa<\/a> are very good, electric and really clinical when they got their opportunities. That was probably a key point tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

All Blacks tour captain and skipper on the night, Codie Taylor, joked that he would have liked more Kiwi supporters to be in the crowd, but said he was overall satisfied with the Baltimore experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been amazing to come over here and just soak up what America has to offer. They obviously love their sports, and they got right behind rugby.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have liked to see a few more black jerseys, but obviously there\u2019s a lot of South Africans over here, which I wasn\u2019t aware of until I see them in the elevator every time you go up and down at our hotel.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s been awesome. Loved coming here. It\u2019s been a nice way to sort of wrap up the tour, and yeah, looking forward to getting home now and back to families and connecting back with them before we get into the Aussies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 5 hours ago | 13 September 2026 00:10 EDT mens international BALTIMORE, MD – SEPTEMBER 12: Tyrel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-769201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}