Video / Sky SportOPINION:In an All Blacks season that has taken some crazy twists and turns this year, giving the Wallabies a proper, old-school thumping feels like it should be seen as a return to the familiar. But seeing this All Blacks team so in control of the game - so easily and quickly on top of the Wallabies and never giving them the first sniff of an upset - was a little hard to comprehend. Alien but welcome, and whatever frailties this All Blacks side may once have had, they no longer do. The All Blacks are good enough now, physical and edgy, full of grunt and grit for it to not matter whom they meet. He brought that simple, direct, confrontational approach the All Blacks have been missing and iced it with some creative touches and excellent distribution.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 24, 2022 19:24 UTC