Friday, November 03, 2006

Bring on the Rugby!

Well, it's the end of year tour to the Northern Hemisphere, and the end of year tests that usually define a season. Last year, the All Blacks acheived a clean sweep of the 'Home Unions', and beat England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland one after another, achieving only the 2nd Grand Slam in All Black history, the previous one being in 1979. This year, although playing different teams, it is no less important thanks to the World Cup being less than 1 year away.
During November this year, the AB's are playing England (1), France (2), and Wales (1). We're expected to win comfortably over the English, because they're having a shocker of a season, but a much more torrid time is predicted in the French encounters. Those will be the real tests of the AB's character before next year's tournaments. Wales also shouldn't put up too much resistance, but you can never be sure with the Welsh - they have wonderful passion about rugby, and have earned a lot of respect from New Zealand.
With Tana Umaga retired, it looked like there was a significant gap in the middle of the back line, but cover is there with Ma'a Nonu in 13, and he has Aaron Mauger inside him and Joe Rokocoko outside. Plenty of experience there. The Captain's duties have been awarded to Richie McCaw, number 7, so he will also gain valuable experience from this tour - even though he was captain for 1 test during last year's tour. This time though, he's the Captain for the whole tour, and will find himself in unfamiliar territory regarding the English media!
I expect the AB's to outshine England with a score around 20+ over the English. France will be much tougher, having their club sides winning the Heineken Cup now for 3 years. But I still predict AB wins, albeit much closer. Wales will get a hiding.

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