New Zealand captain Reuben Thorne refuses to buy into the relentless media attacks on the All Blacks’ semi-final opponents, declaring: “Anyone who writes off Australia is a fool“.
The spectre of New Zealand’s shock World Cup semi-final defeat to France in 1999 still hangs heavy on Thorne, and he is determined there will be no repeat.
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