New Zealand’s dominance in Rugby World Cup looks likely to continue | Andy Bull
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All Blacks have a succession plan because they knew Dan Carter and Richie McCaw were retiring and now South Africa look the best-placed challengersAn anniversary passed this autumn, almost unnoticed in all the excitement. It is 110 years since the first New Zealand team came to Britain, the 1905 “Originals” as they are now known. The week in which the 2015 All Blacks beat Argentina in the first match of this World Cup marked the anniversary of their predecessors’ defeat of Devon in the first game of their tour. The English papers were so startled by that result that some assumed the reporters …





