{"id":10722,"date":"2012-05-26T10:04:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T08:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/05\/rugby-all-blacks-seek-home-comforts-before-aussie-tests\/"},"modified":"2012-05-26T10:04:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T08:04:59","slug":"rugby-all-blacks-seek-home-comforts-before-aussie-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-all-blacks-seek-home-comforts-before-aussie-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-All Blacks seek home comforts before Aussie tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocatio\/spann\">May 26 (Reuters) &#8211; World champions New Zealand will stay in<br \/>\nNew Zealand longer to prepare for away tests against Australia<br \/>\nafter losing the final Tri-Nations trophy to their arch-rivals<br \/>\nlast year.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The world number one All Blacks have customarily landed in<br \/>\nAustralia up to a week in advance of tests but will delay their<br \/>\narrival until two days before their two away tests against the<br \/>\nWallabies this year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s more about us trying to raise the bar,&#8221; All Blacks<br \/>\nmanager Darren Shand told Fairfax Media. &#8220;We have not had the<br \/>\nsuccess we&#8217;d like in Australia and (the coaches and players)<br \/>\nhave been thinking hard about how they prepare and think it&#8217;s<br \/>\nworth changing.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the norm for most (New Zealand) teams now &#8230; Let&#8217;s be<br \/>\nhonest, it&#8217;s not much to travel for three hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand have won eight of their last 13 away matches<br \/>\nagainst second-ranked Australia since 2002, a proportion well<br \/>\ndown on their overall winning average of about 75 percent.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Under new coach Steve Hansen, the All Blacks host Ireland in<br \/>\na three-match series next month before travelling to Sydney in<br \/>\nAugust for the opener of the inaugural Rugby Championship, which<br \/>\nsees Argentina added to the southern hemisphere competition<br \/>\nincluding South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A third Bledisloe Cup match between the Wallabies and All<br \/>\nBlacks and which is not part of the southern hemisphere<br \/>\ncompetition, will be held in Brisbane in October.\t<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Greg<br \/>\nStutchbury)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 26 (Reuters) &#8211; World champions New Zealand will stay in New Zealand longer to prepare for away tests against Australia after losing the final Tri-Nations trophy to their arch-rivals last year. 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