All Blacks were all smiles, selfies, jokes and big laughs. Until now

Maybe it says everything about the way the All Blacks are that the day after they learned their final pool game against Italy had been cancelled, they woke up super early and battered themselves senseless in a training game.

All Blacks were all smiles, selfies, jokes and big laughs. Until now
Mon, 14 Oct, 2019 - 20:29

By Gregor Paul

Maybe it says everything about the way the All Blacks are that the day after they learned their final pool game against Italy had been cancelled, they woke up super early and battered themselves senseless in a training game.

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