Saracastic New Zealand Herald reply to English gripes about the All Blacks

The New Zealand Herald have returned fire at journalist Simon Barnes and the England rugby team.

Thu, 22 Oct, 2015 - 01:00

Darragh Bermingham

It came after NZ Herald’s Steve Deane read Simon Barnes’ piece for ESPNscrum in which the former Times writer said the All Blacks were given special privileges at the World Cup.

Barnes wrote: "People are prepared to buy into the All Black myth."

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