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  •   Home > News > Sports > Rugby

    A sense of a shift for the All Blacks

    A sense of a shift for the All Blacks


    While much of the country's focused on the Olympics, the squad have gathered in Wellington ahead of the opening Rugby Championship test against Argentina on Saturday.

    First-five Damian McKenzie says there's a different mood compared to when the squad was named in the capital.



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