Summary
If being able to cope with adversity is one of the basic tests of a good team, it is one the All Blacks passed in completing yet another touring Grand Slam with this five try to one victory. Even if there was little genuine doubt about the outcome of the match throughout.
Most Welshmen, asked pre-match, would have settled for this scoreline. Yet the All Blacks still did have to cope with a moment of crisis. It came after the 51st minute. Wales, trailing by the half-time score of 9-13, were attacking inside the New Zealand 22 when replacement back rower Daniel Braid killed a ruck.See the full content of this document
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All Blacks Cast Off Adversity
Referee Alan Lewis produced a yellow card, Braid departed for the sin-bin and Wales's Stephen Jones landed his fourth and simplest penalty to cut the deficit to a single point. Ten minute...
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