Rugby: All Blacks Gain Unconvincing Win Over England

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Published: November 6, 2010

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The All Blacks have started their Grand Slam campaign with a 26-16 victory over England at Twickenham. The win was anything but convincing, as they looked disjointed and struggled to get any momentum going, allowing England to stay in the game until the very end.

It was a new-look England game-plan, mimicking that of New Zealand and Australia by running the ball from anywhere and everywhere to test out the All Black defence. To England's credit, the plan was successful, and England looked dangerous when it got the ball to its backs.

It seemed a question of how long England would last playing at this pace, but it didn't show any signs of slowing down. Come the final five minutes, it was England doing all the attacking, not New Zealand, which was left hanging on by the skin of its teeth.

It was the men from Down Under who were first on the board, as Sonny Bill Williams threw one of his trademark offloads to Jerome Kaino, who found Hosea Gear out wide to touch down in the corner. 

The All Blacks extended their lead to 14-0 soon after, as Kieran Read crashed over off a pick-and-go close to the line.

At that point, it seemed business as usual for the All Blacks as they looked like they were going to run all over an England team that was unable to contain New Zealand's dangerous backline.

That didn't happen, however. In fact, this was the last of the All Black tries as they failed to execute from then on, often dropping ball or throwing poor passes. 

The teams exchanged penalties to take the score to 17-6 at the break, before Daniel Carter kicked one more to give the All Blacks a 14-point buffer. The game was effectively sewn up by this stage, and it seemed the All Blacks thought they had it won as they started slow and were very loose for the remainder of the game.

On the other hand, the English came out with a purpose, finally crossed the line after a Sonny Bill Wil...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Rugby Union

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