People are saying all blacks aren’t as good as they were but Jake South makes the point that they are still the best.
Richie McCaw lifting the trophy was special – what a way for one of the game’s greats to bow out. This will be the image that greets us in Japan four years from now.
When England were the top team and maintained that position following victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. New Zealand took the lead from seventh June 2004. After winning the 2007 Rugby World Cup final, South Africa became the third team to achieve first place. The first two fixtures of the 2008 Tri Nations resulted in the top two teams switching places: the All Blacks regained the top spot after defeating South Africa in the Tri-Nations opener on 5 July 2008 in Wellington; a week later the Springboks returned the favour in Dunedin, scoring their first win over the All Blacks in New Zealand since 1998, reclaiming the top spot, only for the All Blacks to defeat both Australia and South Africa in August 2008 to regain the top spot by a considerable margin. South Africa regained the lead in July 2009 after beating New Zealand in Bloemfontein and kept the lead until losing to France in November of that year, allowing the All Blacks to regain the top spot.
The strength in the New Zealand’s eight-man scrum is very strong. Everyone goes at the same time to put more power in the push as they get the ball they will lose a little balance from using all their strength in the scrum. The speed on the New Zealand wingers is where the tactics come in. When the wingers come in to a tackle they will do a fake pass and pass it to the other side where the other person is so once they grab the ball they can run onto the try line. Steve Hansen is just too happy when New Zealand goes to score a try. Hansen trains them for a few hours a week and try gets some new things in like tactics, Steve is a respected coach, the test matches they do they win 76%.
It’s expensive to go watch a rugby match from the match tickets as Category A tickets selling from £715, Category B seats going for £515 and the StubHub tickets are ranging from £465 to an eye-watering £26,550 for the best seats there are in the stadium but most of the people go for the Category B seats because they are cheaper than the other ones as the Category A seats are more in the better view area.
New Zealand haven’t been beaten for two World Cup matches winning the Webb Ellis Cup two times in a row as they were the first team to win the Webb Ellis Cup.
At the end when New Zealand won the Webb Ellis Cup, Richie McCaw lifting the trophy winning all their matches in the World Cup finally winning it again for two years in a row.
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