Robinson’s statement came after the All Blacks canceled a scheduled media conference on Sunday.
The day after Ireland’s 32-22 third loss of the Test in Wellington sent the All Blacks to their first home series defeat since 1994, a coach was scheduled to head the media in their team hotel.
However, when the media arrived, they were informed that the stand-up had been cancelled.
In an effort to address the widespread speculation and pressure on Foster and his coaching team, Robinson suggested he be involved in meeting the team before their two-test tour of South Africa begins on August 7.
“Congratulations to the Irish team for their well deserved win last night but it is clear that the series performance for the All Blacks was not acceptable as we know they have reflected. We all know there is a tremendous amount of work to be done says Robinson. said.
“Our focus now is to work with Ian and his team to thoroughly understand ahead of the Rugby Championship what it takes to improve performance and where to go from here. We will begin this work immediately.”
After the All Blacks fell to their fourth defeat of their past five tests last night, Foster dismissed three questions about his future.
“I just want to talk about this test match,” Foster said after the team lost their first back-to-back tests in 24 years.
When asked about his message to disgruntled fans, Foster tried to divert attention from praising Ireland’s efforts.
“New Zealand needs to realize that this is a very good Irish team and give them some credit,” said Foster. “It would be disrespectful not to make that the number one item. They have come and accomplished something very special and for that they deserve some time in the sun.
“For us, we are a group that is working hard. We are very confident in many of the solutions we have, but we need to get better at executing them.
“We’ve got a real mark in the sand for where we are.”
Despite a comeback in the second half with attempts to close Ardie Savea, Akira Ioane and Will Jordan within five points, the poor performance of the All Blacks in the first half left far too much ground to make up for.
The team trailed 22-3 at halftime and Foster struggled to explain why his side started poorly for the third consecutive week.
“Not really because we’ve talked a lot about it. For some reason we’re not that calm, especially not defensively. It’s more the defense where we get nervous early on, we let a few holes through.
“Ireland is not a team you can get behind you. That’s when they play an up-tempo game. We did that and it hurt us. We worked on it, but again, they have that early momentum.
“In the first half we were sometimes too loose. In the second half we carried, we were more direct, some of our counterattacks worked well. There were a few times after line breaks where we couldn’t get our support. Fast enough on the man. Those moments hurt. We’ll go into that in more detail.’