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Listen: 'England would beat the All Blacks'
By Online Editors
Rugby Pass's Jim Hamilton has made a bold claim heading into the November international period, saying that England currently would have the wood on the World Champion All Blacks.
"I think England would win." he said on an interview with Radio Sport NZ's Martin Devlin.
"I think that the players England have got now, and I'm saying this more on a superficial level because I haven't seen enough Super Rugby to comment on the standard, the Champions Cup rugby that the likes of Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje, the level they've been playing is through the roof in terms of intensity and in terms of class."
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While it somewhat of a moot point - the two teams are not playing one another till the end of next year - Hamilton's views are somewhat pertinent given the up and down nature of the All Blacks performances this season. After failing to beat a British & Irish Lions side that came to New Zealand as heavy underdogs, the side then went on to post record victories against the Wallabies and Springboks. Then, they almost fell to the Boks in a thriller in Cape Town then were beaten by a resurgent Wallaby outfit last weekend in Brisbane.
Meanwhile, the English capped off a dominant last season in the Northern Hemisphere by winning the 6 Nations and tying the world record for test wins in a row.
Hamilton is just as excited as anyone to see the two teams finally clash at Twickenham next year.
"It would be interesting to see in a year's time where New Zealand are as a team. England will be better again. Hopefully New Zealand will be better again and it would make for an unbelievable game. But I think if they were to play this autumn, I think England are probably the form team in the world."
Listen to the full interview here:
https://soundcloud.com/nzherald/former-scotland-lock-jim-hamilton-on-the-devlin-radio-show
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Lovely to see the kiwi fans disintegrate into homophobic slurs and nonsensical partizan hollering just because it's the only international sporting contest they can hope to compete in.
By far the most biased, blinkered and uneducated fans I've ever come across.
Not a single person in the country can explain the cultural significance of the haka because it's a war dance, not part of any sporting contest.
When it is confronted, teams are punished. When individuals stand against it they are vilified or nearly crippled like O'Driscol was and to this day no kiwi will acknowledge it.
I have no love for Joe at all, but it brings up the point again. Why the hell should anyone have to stand there and put up with it?
If you all love it and it means so much to you all, do it in your own time.
And if anyone has a problem, please explain it to me fluently in Maori and I'll consider your point. If you can't, get your own identity and live up to that instead of clinging onto a cultural heritage that you don't fully understand yet try to stuff down everyone else's throat.
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