Wallabies will fall short in the Tri Nations
There is a very common attitude in New Zealand players. When Kiwi Super 14 players are eventually given the honour of wearing the jersey…
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The only thing you can base NZ winning the 2011 RWC cup on is that they won it in 1987. Aside from that they have been the absolute raging favourite in every other tournamnet and have come unstuck every time.
The AB side in 1999 was one of the greatest teams and they failed after France decided in the second 40 that they wanted it more.
In 2003 in the 3N – the AB’s absolutely demolished the Australian’s. I can’t remember such a one sided victory and yet Austrlia defeated them an part of that win was from an intercept but the simple fact is that the Wallabies outplayed the AB’s – they shut down the two key ball runners in the forward pack in Collins and Mealamu and pressured Spencer all day which eventually cost them.
In 2007 France again turned up to play and NZ fell short.
Whilst I agree that the current team plaed extremely well last night – this performance and their ongoing history of winning in NZ does not outweight the pressure that will be on this team and that the are unable to complete the ultimate task on the worlds biggest stage.
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