All Blacks coach Ian Foster has taken aim at South Africa's 'jump ball' tactics, following their heavy defeat against the Springboks in their Rugby Championship opener.
New Zealand were decisively beaten 26-10, with the physical and bruising Springboks proving too much to handle at Nelspruit.
But it's the tactics in the air of the South African that has Foster heated, after a horrific challenge saw All Blacks first-five Beauden Barrett land on his neck.
The Springboks peppered the New Zealand back-three with a series of high kicks all match, but with just under 10 minutes renaming, South African winger Kurt-Lee Arendse made no attempt to catch the ball and collided with Barrett, who fell awkwardly on the back of his head.
Barrett was replaced after the incident, whilst Arendse looked to have come off second best and was stretchered off in front of stunned Mbombela Stadium.
Foster wasn't too impressed with South Africa's tactics in the air, and in particular, the final incident, which saw Arendse shown a straight red card.
"Yeah it did, it is a big part of their game [jumping ball]. We're going to have a look at them chucking bodies in the air, we were pretty frustrated with that," he told Sky Sport.
"The one in the first half we weren't very happy with, and certainly the last one, was very dangerous.
"But that's part of the game we've got to sort out. If they're going to just chuck bodies up, and just throw people up in the air, it's a very hard thing to deal with. That's the game. We missed one and they scored, and that got them the early momentum."
The All Blacks were guilty of ill-discipline and costly errors, as the Springboks rush defence stifled any potential phases on attack.
Foster admits the test got away from them following the Springboks' dominance at set-piece but did see some positives.
"They managed to pin us at a couple of rucks and they got a couple of penalties, and that's when they got the scoreboard going," he told Sky Sport.
"I thought our 'D' in that early second half was really strong, but we just gave up a couple of foolish errors or breakdown errors.
"That started to show in that last quarter, we just started to force a couple of plays, a bit frustrating but that's how they play and we've got to adapt and adjust."
