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All Blacks storm into final and look set to win fourth William Webb Ellis World Cup – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) The All Blacks stormed into the World Cup final with a clinical demolition job on the Argentinean Los Pumas and while the final margin looked staggering, it wasn’t that simple. The strategy was to absorb the physicality of the ferocious Argentinean forwards which they did for most of the first half. They then turned on the afterburners to completely overrun their opponents to record a 44-6 victory. The battle up front was unrelenting for most parts of it but the All Blacks lasting pressure made the difference as the gradually wore down the south American champions and stifled their resolve. While Argentina return home with their second fall before the final hurdle, Michael Cheika’s men can gain some satisfaction if they clinch third place against the ...

All Blacks pulled off Houdini act in thriller – By Trevine Rodrigo in Melbourne Glad to witness one of the best Bledisloe Cup games ever. It was a titanic struggle between the trans Tasman rivals in a high scoring game in which the All Blacks pulled off a sensational win with a last gasp try after the final siren. Couldn’t have asked for a better game, although it was heart stopping, and broke the hearts of the Wallabies and their long suffering supporters. The game ebbed and flowed as the All Blacks valiantly attempted to wrest the game away only to find the spirited Wallabies come back time and again in a desperate attempt break the hoodoo. A whistle happy French Referee, Mathieu Raynal, did not win many friends as his send off from an angry crowd after the game proved. But in my opinion he evened the ledger with his ...