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| Ma'a Nonu of the All Blacks is tackled by Andy Powell of Wales during the Test match between Wales and the New Zealand All Blacks at Millennium Stadium on November 27, 2010 in Cardiff, Wales. (November 26, 2010 - Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images Europe) ** |
Grand Slam thank you ma'am
By Gregor Paul
This was proper test football and the All Blacks had to work much harder than the score might suggest. There were periods where they were loose, unable to get their hands on the ball and scrambling to stop the Welsh. There were other periods where the All Blacks were magnificent - so accurate, so clinical, so fast that Wales didn't know what had hit them. That was the difference really - the All Blacks made everything pay - they converted their opportunities. And how they needed to.
This was proper test football and the All Blacks had to work much harder than the score might suggest. There were periods where they were loose, unable to get their hands on the ball and scrambling to stop the Welsh. There were other periods where the All Blacks were magnificent - so accurate, so clinical, so fast that Wales didn't know what had hit them. That was the difference really - the All Blacks made everything pay - they converted their opportunities. And how they needed to.
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