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4 November 2015
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ST Sports Desk Rugby: Haka-fest in Auckland as three-time @rugbyworldcup champs arrive home. See http://str.sg/ZEwq
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BBC News (World) Victorious @AllBlacks get raucous welcome home in New Zealand http://bbc.in/1WxBn8p #RWC2015Moments
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Awesome welcome at Victoria Park! Stay tuned on periscope and snapchat!
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Auckland will welcome the #AllBlacks home today. Details: http://bit.ly/1LLch2L #TeamAllBlacks #RWC2015
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3 November 2015
You can give your medal away and still have it!
On Sunday, on the sidelines of the World Player of the Year award in London, World Rugby praised Williams’ gesture and confirmed he will be presented with a second medal.
Rugby: Fan favourite Sonny Bill gets new medal
Rugby: Fan favourite Sonny Bill gets new medal http://ebx.sh/1WtLaMy
LONDON – All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams will be given a new World Cup winners’ medal to replace the one he handed to a young fan after Saturday’s final victory over Australia.
Williams said the boy, later identified as Charlie Lines, was thrown to the ground by a security official after running on to the Twickenham pitch following the 34-17 triumph.
“I was walking around doing a lap of honour with the boys and a young fella came running out and he got smoked by the security guard, like full on tackled him. I felt sorry for the little fella,” said Williams after the incident.
“He would have been eight or seven, I kind of felt sorry for him.
“Hopefully (the medal) made it a night to remember for him. It’s better that he has it rather than having it hang up at home.”
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3 November 2015
Rugby: All Blacks win sees Qantas crew wear Kiwi jerseys
Today @Qantas played good sports and followed through with #AirlineWager wearing @AllBlacks jerseys on board.
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Rugby: #AllBlacks win sees @Qantas crew wear Kiwi jerseys http://str.sg/Zbyc
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australian airline Qantas escaped having to paint a plane black, but the crew on a trans-Tasman flight donned New Zealand jerseys on Monday after losing a bet on the outcome of the rugby World Cup.
New Zealand triumphed over Australia 34-17 at Twickenham on Saturday, but not before Air New Zealand and Qantas had engaged in enough friendly banter on Twitter to set up the #AirlineWager.
After the Kiwi carrier originally suggested Qantas paint a plane black if the Wallabies lost, the ‘Flying Kangaroo’ responded with a picture of an Air NZ airliner in the Australian colours saying: “While black is slimming, we think it needs a golden touch.”
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They eventually settled on flight crews of the losing airline wearing rival jerseys the day after the final.
“Today @Qantas played good sports and followed through with #AirlineWager wearing @AllBlacks jerseys on board,” a jubilant Air NZ tweeted on Monday.
http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/rugby-all-blacks-win-sees-qantas-crew-wear-kiwi-jerseys
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1 November 2015: The morning after.
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BBC Sport – Rugby World
Rugby World Cup final win defines New Zealand as sporting giants
The best World Cup final, after the finest tournament, won by the greatest team.
There are plenty of successful sporting sides. More than a few have established dynasties. Only the rarest both triumph repeatedly and do so with the sort of style and swagger that lights up future generations as well as their own.
This All Blacks team, like the Brazil side that won football’s World Cup in 1970, are now at that sanctified level: drawn from a rich heritage unlike any other, taking their sport to heights that none before have touched.
It is not simply that with Saturday night’s 34-17 win over Australia they have become the first team in history to retain the Webb Ellis trophy.
In winning their World Cup for a third time, just as Brazil did with Pele, Carlos Alberto, Jairzinho and the rest almost half a century before, they have both a cluster of superstars who will still be cherished another 50 years on and a blend that no-one who has seen will ever forget.
Twickenham witnessed both. The opening try from Nehe Milner-Skudder was a collective sleight of hand and sorcery that no other team could have conjured up: Conrad Smith’s step into space only he had seen, Aaron Smith on his inside by instinct, captain Richie McCaw with black-shirted magic to find his young winger outside.
The second, garlanding the start of the second half just as the opener had illuminated the end of the first, exemplified the same unholy skills in a contrasting style: Sonny Bill Williams sucking in three defenders with brute power before off-loading with delicate dexterity, Ma’a Nonu curving away on a wrecking-ball’s path through the splintering defensive wall.
Read the rest:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34690513
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HEART OF GOLD: @SonnyBWilliams hands his #RWC2015
medal to a young fan
Malek Hussin Congratulations All Blacks! New Zealand 34-17 Australia to retain Rugby World Cup.
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TODAY Sports New Zealand’s captain #RichieMcCaw earns a rest after 2nd @rugbyworldcup title http://tdy.sg/1ivga1l
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31 October 2015
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Follow our live match analysis at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/headlines.cfm …… #BLACKTOBLACK #RWC2015final
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Congratulations to #NZL
, who make history as the first team to win 3 #RWC finals & to successfully defend the trophy
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Ladies and gentlemen, your #RWC2015 Champions #NZL
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TRY What a score! Superb play by Ben Smith ends with Beaden Barrett regathering for a match-winning try
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.@DanCarter‘s 17 points draws him level with Grant Fox’s tally as the most ever for #NZL in a #RWCFinal
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PEN Dan Carter has been magnificent with the boot & a long-range penalty puts #NZL 10 points clear #NZL 27-17 #AUS
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Francesca #NZL become the first team to defend a Rugby World Cup. 34-17 in #RWC2015final
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Carter guides New Zealand to historic World Cup title #nst170 http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/11/carter-guides-new-zealand-historic-world-cup-title …
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Stuff.co.nz Sport All Blacks make history as first back-to-back Rugby World Cup champions http://dlvr.it/CcKn6L
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The Webb Ellis Cup is still New Zealand’s cup: Match report: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/73564359/all-blacks-make-history-as-first-backtoback-rugby-world-cup-champions … #NZvAUS #RWC2015
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#RWCFinal Carter kicks All Blacks to historic Rugby World Cup win http://u.afp.com/ZxuT #NZL v #AUS #RWC2015
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Telegraph Rugby Magical Dan Carter is irreplaceable for #allblacks – and other #RWCFinal talking points http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11967567/New-Zealand-vs-Australia-Five-things-we-learned-from-Rugby-World-Cup-final.html …
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Thats it!! All Blacks win 34-17! #NZLvAUS #TeamAllBlacks #RWC2015
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Dan Carter is Man of the Match
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New Zealand 34-17 Australia
Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live
That was the most incredible piece of defending from any team I’ve ever seen. So disciplined from the All Blacks, then – boom boom – try.
That is the ball game.
Australia chance their arm as Kurtely Beale scissors with Drew Mitchell but the ball fails to make the transition. It goes to ground, Ben Smith swoops, weaves clear and boots upfield.
A footrace and Beauden Barrett is the winner by a clear head.
Extras from Carter.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/rugby-union/33722307
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2nd Half
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79 Mins | Conversion over #AllBlacks 34 v Wallabies 17 #NZLvAUS #TeamAllBlacks #RWC2015
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Every previous #RWCFinal has been won by the team that led at half-time – but records are there to be broken…
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10:47 AM – 31 Oct 2015
Jeffrey Kloosterman …
NZ score a run away try from a turnover inside their own 22m #RWC2015 #NZLvAUS
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New Zealand 27-17 Australia
Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live
Star quality, that’s what you need to win this World Cup and New Zealand have a lot of it.
74 Mins | Over!! #AllBlacks 27 v Wallabies 17 #NZLvAUS #TeamAllBlacks #RWC2015
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@DanCarter 
#RWC2015final #allblacks #NZLvAUS #TeamAllBlacks
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Standing room crowd inside and outside for the Rugby finals @finnmccoolspub #NZLvAUS
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New Zealand 24-17 Australia
Andrew Mehrtens
Former New Zealand fly-half on BBC Radio 5 live
New Zealand got into the mode of keeping it among the forwards when Ben Smith was off and they’ve not been able to get out of that. They do seem pretty tired.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/rugby-union/33722307
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#AllBlacks 24 v Wallabies 17#NZLvAUS#TeamAllBlacks #RWC2015
All Blacks …
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70′ DROP de @DanCarter MAGNIFIQUE ! 24-17 pour les All Blacks #RWCFinal #NZLvAUS
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64 Mins | A long period of play and Wallabies make the most of yellow card #AllBlacks 21 v Wallabies 17 #NZLvAUS #TeamAllBlacks #RWC2015
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Try – Kuridrani
New Zealand 21-15 Australia
Sinner Smith
New Zealand 21-10 Australia
http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/rugby-union/33722307
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Conversion (Foley 54) New Zealand 21-10 Australia
Try! (Pocock 53) New Zealand 21-8 Australia
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Les #AllsBacks viennent d’une autre planètes !!! Essai sublime de #Nonu !!!! #NZvsAUS #RWC2015final #RCW2015
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Ma’a is a powerhouse 
how do stop a train 
with a turbo engine 
#RWCFinal #NZvsAUS
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#RWC2015final #NZvsAUS AB’S taking the Wallabies out and it ain’t for dinner. What a machine!
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42 Mins | A SBW – Nonu combo special! #AllBlacks 21 v Wallabies 3 #NZLvAUS #TeamAllBlacks #RWC2015
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41 Mins | Nonu Try!!! #AllBlacks 16 v Wallabies 3 #NZLvAUS #TeamAllBlacks #RWC2015
Try! (Nonu 42) New Zealand 21-3 Australia
1st Half
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Half-time: New Zealand 16-3 Australia
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/oct/31/new-zealand-v-australia-rugby-world-cup-final-live
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Great final #RWCFinal #NZvsAUS
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#EnDirecto Descanso en Twickenham: #NuevaZelanda 16 – #Australia 3 http://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/otros/20151031/54438500122/mundial-rugby-nueva-zelanda-australia-en-directo.html … #RWCFinal #NZvsAUS
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TRYYYYYYY TIME!!!!!!!!! #floodgates #NZvsAUS #allblacks #rwcfinal2015
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Ma’a Nonu of New Zealand is tackled by Australia’s Bernard Foley and Adam Ashley-Cooper. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/oct/31/new-zealand-v-australia-rugby-world-cup-final-live
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25 October 2015
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http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/video/117777
HIGHLIGHTS: All the best bits from a thrilling #RSAvNZL encounter at Twickenham http://rug.by/SemiHighlights
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NONE SHALL PASS – #NZL march into the #RWCFinal. Will they become the first team to defend the Rugby World Cup?
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We saw it, Dan… 
#RSAvNZL #RWC2015
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With victory over #RSA
, the @AllBlacks set a new #RWC record of 13 successive wins in the tournament #RWC2015
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MATCH REPORT: #AllBlacks defence takes them to #RWC2015 final http://bit.ly/1i3S4ue #TeamAllBlacks
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#RWC2015 : #AllBlacks beat #SouthAfrica 20-18 to reach final http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/10/rwc-all-blacks-beat-south-africa-20-18-reach-final … #NZLvRSA #nst170
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The #AllBlacks are heading to the final! Tense final 10 minutes. #RSAvNZL #TeamAllBlacks #RWC2015
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New Zealand through to final
South Africa 18-20 New Zealand
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World Cup: New Zealand beat South Africa
- World Cup result: South Africa 18-20 New Zealand
- Kaino, Barrett tries, Carter 2 cons, 1 DG, 1 pen for NZ
- Pollard 5 pens, Lambie 1 pen for South Africa
http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/rugby-union/33722112
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24 October 2015
#Haka @rugbyworldcup Semifinales @Springboks vs @AllBlacks #RSAvNZL
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Let the fun begin. @allblacksrugby @Springboks @rugbyworldcup
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Here we go – #RSA v #NZL in the first #RWC2015 semi-final, live from Twickenham: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11942925/South-Africa-vs-New-Zealand-Rugby-World-Cup-2015-semi-final-live.html …
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20 October 2015
Total tries by team #RWC2015: The All Blacks top the list! http://nzh.nu/TBK2W #BLACKTOBLACK
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The All Blacks‘ secret? Pork pies http://dlvr.it/CV9lGV
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The All Blacks appear to be enjoying the best of British food, with a team spokesman telling the press the team was partial to pork pies in particular.
The team had played in London, Newcastle and Cardiff, and had been enjoying the odd British treat along the way.
“The English tucker has been first class,” media minder Joe Locke told The Mirror.
“We have been travelling around the country for our matches and had to take a charter flight up to the north east for our match against Tonga in Newcastle, before returning to Wales for the match against France.
“We have had traditional pork pies, it has been classic English food, sometimes with a contemporary twist, and it has been brilliant.”
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A traditional pork pie is served cold, and is made of pork and pork jelly, encased in pastry.
Are pork pies fuelling the @AllBlacks to World Cup glory? https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/are-pork-pies-fuelling-the-all-blacks-to-world-cup-glory-q16475 …
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18 October 2015
Much had been written that New Zealand would be tripped by France again. However, the All Blacks thrashed France 62-13. One commentator likened it to an annihilation.
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New Zealand v France – Match Highlights and Tries – RWC 2015
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Full time – @AllBlacks 62 vs @FFRugby 13 – record breaking win for the All Blacks. #RWC2015 #TeamAllBlacks #NZLvFRA
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Nate Rarere Annnnnnd that’s all from France #AllBlackEverything #NZLvFRA #RugbyWorldCup
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BBC Sports
Rugby World Cup: New Zealand beat France 62-13 to reach semis
| New Zealand (29) 62 |
| Tries: Retallick, Milner-Skudder, Savea 3, Kaino, Read, Kerr-Barlow 2 Cons: Carter 7 Pens: Carter |
| France (13) 13 |
| Try: Picamoles Con: Parra Pens: Spedding, Parra |
Defending champions New Zealand hit top gear to demolish France and set up a semi-final against South Africa.
The All Blacks were almost out of sight at half-time, Julian Savea scoring two tries and Brodie Retallick and Nehe Milner-Skudder one apiece.
A try by Louis Picamoles had kept France afloat but when he was sent to the sin-bin French hopes evaporated.
Savea completed a fine hat-trick and Jerome Kaino, Kieran Read and Tawera Kerr-Barlow (two) also crossed.
France had hoped to draw inspiration from their World Cup upsets over the All Blacks in 1999 and 2007, when they beat them in the quarter-finals in Cardiff, as well as their near-miss in the 2011 final, when they narrowly lost 8-7.
But New Zealand, who have now beaten France nine times in a row and equalled Australia’s record of 12 consecutive World Cup wins, never looked like losing against a Philippe Saint-Andre side forced to deny they are in outright rebellion.
And while the French simply did not have the requisite talent or a game-plan to trouble New Zealand, the performance of Steve Hansen’s side was undoubtedly the most impressive of the tournament so far.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34541264
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