Let's not look at the past - All Blacks' Coles ahead of Ireland quarter-final game

Record ID: 1436879

  • Title: Let's not look at the past - All Blacks' Coles ahead of Ireland quarter-final game
  • Date: 15th October 2019
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (OCTOBER 15, 2019) (REUTERS) NEW ZEALAND RUGBY TEAM TRAINING ON PITCH LOOSE FORWARD KIERAN READ (RIGHT) AND WING SEVU REECE (LEFT) PASSING BALL ALL BLACKS TRAINING CENTRE JACK GOODHUE RUNNING AND CATCHING BALL BROTHERS JORDIE BARRETT, SCOTT BARRETT AND BEAUDEN BARRETT PASSING BALL JORDIE BARRETT WARMING UP VARIOUS OF JORDIE BARRETT WARMING UP WITH SECOND FIVE-EIGHTS ANTON LIENERT-BROWN CAMERA ALL BLACKS COACH STEVE HANSEN ON PITCH TEAM TRAINING WORKERS ON BUILDING RUGBY BALLS PLAYERS AT TRAINING TEAM MEMBERS PASSING BALL VARIOUS OF TRAINING PLAYERS' LEGS NEWS CONFERENCE STARTING ALL BLACKS LOOSE FORWARD ARDIE SAVEA TALKING WHILE HOOKER DANE COLES LISTENS COLES DURING NEWS CONFERENCE ALL BLACKS LOGO (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALL BLACKS HOOKER, DANE COLES, saying: "Well it's very important that we do bring it this week, because if we turn out like we did in Perth we'll be going home. So I think when we do that... well it's hard to tell mate, it's all an individual thing, so we kind of came to our senses it's up to the individual to go to that place he needs to so, mate, if we don't bring that for a quarter final against Ireland, you know, it's not on, so I'm pretty sure the boys will go to that place they need to to turn up with their intent and energy for Saturday." PHONE SCREEN FILMING NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALL BLACKS HOOKER, DANE COLES, saying: "I think it's just exciting to be fair, it's got the same excitement as I had in 2015 and we've got another week and we've got the chance to earn another Monday but it's a big challenge and... It's just good to be in this position and the whole, the players and the whole management are very excited about the challenge that lies ahead." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALL BLACKS HOOKER, DANE COLES, saying: "I hope it doesn't happen again to be fair but, look mate we're not really looking, like, for me personally it's important that we don't look back, you know, World Cups are different, they get the same amount of respect they deserve to have knocked us but I think it's really different being in the World Cup and we haven't so far really talked about what happened in those previous occasions and they might take a lot of confidence out of it but we know we've just got to make sure we, we're playing Ireland in the quarter final and that's all we can do." JAPAN 2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP LOGO
  • Embargoed: 29th October 2019 08:00
  • Keywords: All Blacks Dane Coles Ireland Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup RWC 2019
  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Rugby Union,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B17HE0V
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: All Blacks hooker Dane Coles said on Tuesday (October 15) he was looking forward to the Rugby World Cup quarter final crunch against Ireland and putting the past behind.
    Coles was referring to Ireland securing two wins in their last three games against the All Blacks, breaking New Zealand's 108-year winning record against them.
    Coles, like his team mates and coaches in their buildup to the World Cup quarter-final against Ireland in Tokyo on Saturday (October 19), however, have steadfastly refused to discuss the recent past, especially those two defeats. Saturday is all that matters. Beat Ireland and they "earn another Monday".
    Coles acknowledged that one of the things they had to do against Ireland was make sure that they showed up with the right mental attitude or they would be heading home on Monday instead of preparing for a semi-final in Yokohama.
    After a tough opening victory against South Africa, the All Blacks have cruised through their pool with a 63-0 win over Canada and 71-9 victory against Namibia before their clash against Italy was cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis. Ireland, playing to advance to their first semi-final, would be a completely different picture and the All Blacks needed to ensure they took their scoring opportunities when they presented themselves.
    (Production: Lucien Libert)
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