Dan Carter hugs it out after victory over Australia
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Former All Black fly-half Grant Fox dismisses Australian confidence as New Zealand continue their march to the Rugby World Cup in The Sunday Star Times.
"The All Blacks typically need very little psychological goading when they play the Wallabies anyhow. So for so many Australians to get so carried away off the back of the win in Hong Kong last October and the Reds' successful Super 15 campaign was folly.
"Their former players are often their worst offenders. With the exception of Nick Farr-Jones, who consistently sounded a sober note of warning about Australia's inexperienced forward pack, the ex-Wallabies lined up to pontificate about the virtues of the youthful Australians versus the supposed failings of the ageing All Blacks. It was grist to the mill for Graham Henry."
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