This archive report was first published on 1 November 2019.
Steve Hansen, the outgoing New Zealand coach, has said that the pain his team has suffered at the World Cup will make them a 'little bit more dangerous' after their 40-17 win over Wales in the third-place play-off in Tokyo on Friday, November 1, 2019.
Hansen had hoped to lead the All Blacks to an unprecedented third successive global title and fourth in total, but last week's stunning 19-7 defeat by England put paid to that goal.
"I guess our challenge now is to regroup and reset the goals for the next four years," Hansen said.
"What I do know is that the young men who are going to come back have a personal pain. They've experienced something you can't tell them about, you can't convince them about until it's personal to themselves.
"It's now personal, so that will make them a little bit more dangerous," Hansen added.
Looking ahead to Saturday's final in Yokohama, Hansen said: "We'll have a new World Cup champion and whoever it is will have to be commended for their efforts because it's a very hard tournament to win.
"For a long time we can take a lot of pride in what we've done because we've asked teams to get better because they want to beat us," Hansen said.
"England have done that, South Africa have done it on occasions and both of those teams are in the final," he added.
"Now it's up to them, isn't it? We are chasing them and I know, with my time finishing the All Blacks will continue to strive to be better," Hansen said.
