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November 29, 2009

Posted on 11/29/2009

All Blacks save best for last





New Zealand captain Richie McCaw lifts the Dave Gallaher Trophy in Marseille © Getty Images
No question - the All Blacks kept their best for last on this tour, so writes Gregor Paul in the New Zealand Herald.
"This was their best performance of the year, the antithesis of their opening test of the season five months ago against the same opponent. If this is the new standard the All Blacks have set for themselves, then the rest of the world should take some quiet thinking time. The All Blacks in this kind of mood; this kind of form are lethal.

"They ticked all the foundation boxes, except for the scrummaging which was a bit hit and miss, and that was the platform they needed. But this was a performance about the extras, about the way the All Blacks created space and found their attacking vision again."

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