Originally Posted by
GIGS20
I find I don't agree with you at all on that last point. Knockout matches measure the ability of a team to perform under pressure, clearly a skill the All Blacks do not master. It's OK Rick I'm happy for you to have your opinion, but I don't, nor will I ever agree that Knockout matches don't measure quality.....they only fail to measure quality when a team which builds it's idenitity around being the best in the team cannot win them. I believe it comes from a certain amount of All Black arrogance, the logic of which goes, 'The All Blacks are the best rugby team in the World, the All Blacks regularly lose knockout matches, Knockout matches are obviously flawed in assessing the quality of rugby teams.'