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The All Blacks are in Mzansi preparing to face the Springboks, with New Zealand’s head coach Ian Foster under extreme pressure. Photo: Getty Images

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The All Blacks are in Mzansi preparing to face the Springboks, with New Zealand’s head coach Ian Foster under extreme pressure.

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The All Blacks are in Mzansi preparing to face the Springboks, with New Zealand’s head coach Ian Foster under extreme pressure. Photo: Getty Images

The All Blacks are in Mzansi preparing to face the Springboks, with New Zealand’s head coach Ian Foster under pressure to end their dire run of form after four defeats in their last five Tests.

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The All Blacks have plenty of elements to fix before their opening Rugby Championship fixture against the world champion Springboks on Saturday, 6 August at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit.

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The All Blacks’ new forwards coach Jason Ryan saw how the home side was out-muscled by the Irish pack in this month’s home series defeat and admitted what he witnessed “dented” New Zealand’s pride.

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The Irish scored a key early try off a driving maul in winning the decisive third test in Wellington, which Ryan says must not be repeated in South Africa.

“We’ve got to stop mauls and also improve our contact area,” Ryan told reporters in Wellington before the All Blacks flew to South Africa.

“The All Black pack has been dented and we talked about it in the forwards meeting, we didn’t hide anything and were really honest, which we have to be.”

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