ARE the All Blacks a law unto themselves? If the chances of a conviction on this age-old charge rest on it meeting the “beyond reasonable doubt” threshold, the New Zealanders would be confident of walking free from court. On the flipside, there are those who will always wonder if Richie McCaw ever strayed onside, or if the silver-ferners’ pool game with Italy at the 2019 World Cup would have been cancelled if they were the ones who needed a win to qualify for the knock-out stage.
In the great scheme of things, the absence of a Nations Championship logo on the spor...