Land of the Long Black Cloud New Zealand Are Disgraceful in Defeat - and It's Damaging Their Game. Alasdair Reid Reports

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ONLY those with particularly keen memories could tell you if New Zealand showed dignity in victory on the one and only occasion when they won the World Cup, but since 1987 many more have testified to their sourness in defeat as a succession of flops and failures have marked their efforts to add to that solitary achievement of 20 years ago.

Indeed, setting aside the assorted high jinx and misdemeanours that allegedly went on during their overnight stay at Heathrow last week, fellow residents of their airport hotel must have wondered if the soundproofing was up to scratch while the All Blacks whined on among themselves like a fleet of 747s powering up for take-off.

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Land of the Long Black Cloud New Zealand Are Disgraceful in Defeat - and It's Damaging Their Game. Alasdair Reid Reports

On this occasion, they took their graceless leave of the tournament with a litany of complaints about Wayne Barnes, the referee who was in charge of their semi-final defeat by France in Cardiff...

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