A New Zealand perspective - The Tri-Nations decider

[TRF C A Iversen]

This weekend shapes up as a golden opportunity for Graham Henry and the All Blacks to prove a point. To both themselves and almost every New Zealand fan. If the Tri-Nations decider goes our way, many New Zealanders will move 50% of the way towards forgiveness for the loss to France in the World Cup. The other 50% will come much harder but will come (at least in part), from the inevitable end-of-year tour and what would have to be nothing less than a complete success. Letââ'¬â"¢s not get ahead of ourselves though. The Australians are not going to go down in this one without, (to rather aptly paraphrase Russell Crowe from Gladiator) ââ'¬Å"Unleashing hellââ'¬Â.

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