Tri-Nations game testimony to value of experience

The way the weekend’s Tri-Nations game unfolded was a testimony to the value of experience.

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22nd August, 2011

Rugby

So far, so good. There were encouraging signs in phase one of the All Blacks’ World Cup build-up that, in the words of the haka performed by the 1924/25 Invincibles, “the New Zealand storm is about to break”. The coaches and players would feel they achieved their primary objectives for the home leg of the Tri-Nations: Thump the second- and third-ranked countries in the world, thereby reminding all comers that confronting a strong and settled All Blacks team on home soil is rugby’s most difficult assignment. Halt ...

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