09 Nov New Zealand v Scotland Edinburgh 32-6 16 Nov New Zealand v Ireland Dublin 22-3 19 Nov New Zealand v Munster Limerick 18-16 23 Nov New Zealand v Wales Cardiff 29-9 30 Nov New Zealand v England London 32-6 A grand slam is still possible. Not to take anything away from Munster, who deserved to win, but the All Black selectors needed to take that game a lot more seriously. The team was full of at best second stringers, with Piri Weepu as captain. Weepu is a nice player but he didn't even make the World Cup squad, and one year later he's captain. Other than that, it's been a pretty groud tour results wise. The All Blacks won it in the last five minutes, and the final try was quite interesting. It was effectively Joe Rokocoko vs. Doug Howlett (Munster) near the Munster line. They've both played for Auckland and the All Blacks together in the past for quite some time. In a one on one situation, Joe (winger) will usually head for the corner. Howlett knew it, so played to the corner more than he should of. Instead, Joe simply went inside him and barged over. One thing I'm not used to though, is when someone takes a kick at goal in Ireland, the crowd go dead silent. Regardless of what team it is. It was pretty cool. Down here the other teams' fans go nuts, trying to make as much noise as possible and put them off. Like a free throw in an opposing arena.
Munster nearly defeating the All Blacks is astounding. I expect Wales to play fairly well against New Zealand too.
