Various All Blacks traits found in New Zealand’s best club side could provide the key to an Australian victory in Sydney
As Australia prepare for Saturday’s opening Bledisloe Cup Test against the All Blacks in Sydney, the recent Super Rugby final between the Crusaders and the Lions should be compulsory viewing in the Wallabies’ team room. The Crusaders’ 37-18 win in Christchurch two weeks ago might just have shown the Wallabies what to do – and what not to do – against the New Zealand national side.
The Crusaders are not the All Blacks, of course, but they are the closest approximation to the men in black in terms of talent, tactics and tenacity. And the first lesson the Wallabies could learn is that possession and field position are only potential advantages, something the Crusaders and the All Blacks, and all Kiwi teams for that matter, innately understand.
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