New Zealand coach Steve Hansen was involved in an exchange after the All Blacks' World Cup semi-final loss to England in which offered to take a journalist “outside”.
The All Blacks' 19-7 World Cup semi-final defeat in Yokohama on Saturday destroyed hopes of chasing an unprecedented third successive crown.
Following the defeat to a superb Red Rose side, Hansen sat in front of the assembled media alongside captain Kieran Read and was faced with a question he described as "disrespectful".
Hansen took offence after a TV3 reporter asked whether the All Blacks failed to turn up with the right mentality - and he was keen to make his feelings known.
The All Blacks chief was quick to defend his side and even offered to give the journalist a "rugby education" if he wanted to "spend some time outside".
The exchange as it happened
Journalist: "Kieran, Steve mentioned before… he said we needed to get hungry and desperate before it was too late. From your point of view, from the players' point of view I suppose, did the team turn up with the right attitude tonight?"
Read: "Yeah, I think we did. You've seen how hard we worked out there. Definitely the boys really wanted it. I think with the detail of the match it didn't go our way but the work rate and how much we really wanted it was there.
"You could see it even in the first half when you could see we came back and hung in there. It's really gutting when it doesn't go your way. It's a hard thing to take and we're all hurting."
Hansen : "I'd just like to clear that up. I think it's quite a disrespectful question to suggest that the All Blacks turned up not being hungry. They were desperate to win the game. Because I asked them at halftime to get hungrier doesn't mean to say they didn't turn up pretty hungry.
"There's a big difference and if you want to spend some time outside I'll give you a rugby education on that one.
"But to turn up and say an All Blacks team comes to the semifinal of a Rugby World Cup with the amount of ability and the history it has behind it …that's not hungry, that's a pretty average question."
