All Blacks still under pressure: Eales
July 24, 2008 - 4:18PM

Wallabies great John Eales believes last year's Rugby World Cup flop would still be playing on the minds of the All Blacks, and putting immense pressure on coach Graham Henry ahead of Saturday's Bledisloe Cup blockbuster.

As the Bledisloe build-up continued to centre on the battle of coaches Henry and fellow Kiwi Robbie Deans, World Cup winning captain Eales expressed his surprise New Zealand had stuck with their coaching team after the white-hot favourites' quarter-final choke in France.

"They are a very, very good coaching staff and I respect them a lot, but how differently can the same coaching staff do things?" Eales asked.

"And people know, `well, it didn't work for us last time'."

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