Jeremy Guscott: Current All Blacks lack the fear factor

JEREMY GUSCOTT
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NEW Zealand don’t carry the same fear factor that they had in the 2011-2015 era going into this season’s Rugby Championship.
Even before that double World Cup-winning All Black team, they were a benchmark for supremacy. Their overall dominance meant that they were almost always ranked No.1 in the world.
However, with South Africa winning the last two World Cups, that sense of All Black invincibility has dropped away.
When players like Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, Ma’a Nonu, Brodie Retallick and Sonny Bill Williams were in their prime, New...

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