This may be the greatest New Zealand team ever, but that guarantees little | Graham Henry
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Based on form, the All Blacks should walk all over South Africa. However World Cup semi-finals tend to be won by the teams that prepare best for the unexpectedIt is difficult to compare teams through the decades, but the current All Black side is probably the best New Zealand have ever produced. Their record backs up that belief: just three defeats since the last World Cup while, when you look at South Africa’s recent results, they appear to be on the wane. It should make Saturday’s semi-final a foregone conclusion but a meeting between the game’s two superpowers never is.The fact they are pla…





