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QUICK TAP: TIMELY CHAMPIONSHIP BREATHER FOR THE ALL BLACKS

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“We had several opportunities that we did not take advantage of and that would have given us greater reward and made the outcome easier, but we won and that is what we were looking for,” he said.

“We are a team with the talent and the capacity to succeed and that’s why confidence grows when we do what we say we’re going to do.”

Without putting in the effort there was little reward.

“If we are not prepared to do everything we can to prepare for the challenges against each of the other sides it is difficult for us.

“Before Saturday we put in a lot of work on how we wanted to play the game.

“Now the next thing we have to do is face the All Blacks, who are the best team in the world, and we have to start from this position. We can’t lower our level of expectation because we had made a mark and we don’t want to drop below it,” he said.

The win over South Africa had been satisfying because Argentina had prepared well and solved problems on the field against a respected opponent.