NZL eve of match (v ARG): head coach Foster

Ian Foster, head coach

On if New Zealand are favourites to beat Argentina:

“There are two teams in the semi-final. Anyone can win. That’s the mindset both teams have got.

“We are massively respectful of Argentina. We don’t live in the past. Rugby World Cup tournaments are about the present.

“If you go into a World Cup semi-final thinking the past is going to happen again, you have got problems.”

On if the Argentina game will be as physical as the Ireland match:

“It’s different as they have different jerseys on, it’s not different from the physical side. We both know how tough each other is.

“It’s the same as we had in the quarter-final. The moral of the story is it’s a semi-final and we know that we are facing a team that will scrap for everything.”

More to follow.