ABs happy spear was just yellow

The All Blacks have applauded the off field yellow card handed down to lock Brodie Retallick as a 'good decision'.


Retallick was handed the sanction by the SANZAR judicial officer for a spear tackle on Springbok rival Andries Bekker in the 32-16 win in Soweto at the weekend.


All Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster says it was perfectly handled.


"It obviously goes through a process, but it's nice that officially it wasn't cited and it wasn't deemed as a red card offence," Foster said..


"We think that's about right."


Foster said the players will have a five day break before meeting up again to start preparing for the October 20 encounter with the Wallabies in Brisbane.