PETER JACKSON COMMENT

Deft off-loads: Kyle Sinckler, left, and Mako Vunipola made a mockery of the grunt ‘n’ groan prop stereotype
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All Black defeats at World Cups come along on average once every sixand- a-bit years, at venues as far apart as Dublin, Johannesburg, London, Sydney and Cardiff. Until yesterday they had lost five matches in 32 years: one final (South Africa in extra-time in 1995), three semifinals (Australia 1991 and 2003, France 1999) one quarter-final (France 2007).
The margins, never less than two points, never more th...