EDITOR’S LETTER
SOMETIMES YOU JUST GET A VIBE. There’s a sense of something extraordinary in the air. That’s the feeling that’s been building with the All Blacks this year. On the face of it they have appeared to be struggling a little bit – going backwards not forwards. Regressing rather progressing. That’s true to some extent. They struggled against the British & Irish Lions. Probably should have put them away, but suffered a red card in the second test and clammed up. Even reduced to 14 men, they gave themselves a chance to win the test and the series, but ultimately they lacked the tactical vision, confidence and ability to nail what they needed under pressure. It was the same in the third test. They played enough rugby to have the game won by half-time, but…