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RARELY does rugby pause to contemplate the debt it owes the All Blacks for constantly showing how the game can be played no matter what the straitjacket of laws, scrum tweaks and pedantic referees.
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The Kiwis are the one team that always rises above that ball-and-chain to generate the exhilaration and consistent results that all other teams, including the Wallabies, chase.
Imagine for a moment if there was no All Blacks side. We'd be left with South Africa's bludgeoning style, England's mostly pragmatic game, the bumbling-or-brilliant French and the sporadically dynamic Wallabies as the benchmark.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being the whipping boys for the All Blacks because it makes any breakthrough win so much more satisfying. It's just that the welts have been inflicted for a decade now. The Wallabies have had enough and must start to play like that in Wellington tomorrow.
Creating more for Israel Folau is a part-solution. Just hope the All Blacks don't get the ball in the hands of Julian Savea more often too.
The Wallabies have played more than five hours of Test rugby this season and led for just 23 minutes. Playing catch-up rugby continually is a sure way to mistakes so a fast start would be a tonic tomorrow
When coach Ewen McKenzie finished playing Test rugby, he learnt even more about the psyche the All Blacks will channel into Bledisloe II.
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The All Blacks just don't have clanging off nights, certainly none like the error-strewn 47-29 loss by the Wallabies a week ago in Sydney.
"A 'friendly' between Classic All Blacks and Classic Wallabies doesn't exist for retired players. The Kiwis don't know how to play half-paced,"' McKenzie said.
"I played in the 1988 game when the All Blacks played Randwick. It was their only ever time playing against an Australian club side yet there's Buck Shelford, in a famous photo, still trying to rip Simon Poidevin's head off.
"So many people want that honour they can't have a day off.
"It's part of their psyche that they play for keeps. I've met plenty of former All Blacks after our playing days. When it comes to rugby, the Kiwis are inherently competitive so even when you win it is only by a couple of points."
For the new Wallabies coach, it is just another take on how tough it is to beat a perpetually relentless, clinical All Blacks outfit.
That relentless streak of precision is something McKenzie is aiming at for the Wallabies. Every coach is after that mindset to always play for keeps...turning a turnover into a try, not a gallant near-miss, as Ben Smith did to give the All Blacks the early lead a week ago.
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