Crusaders will have to earn the title – Hansen


Crusaders will have to earn the title – Hansen

Crusaders will have to earn the title – Hansen


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He recounted the hiding the All Blacks took at the 2007 World Cup in Cardiff when people didn’t think France would win and they had ‘smacked’ the All Blacks.

“Whilst you would expect the Crusaders to go out as favourites, and rightly so because they have played some wonderful football, there’s no guarantee they’re going to win it. They’re going to have to go out and earn it and it’s a pretty good Lions side.

“I think their [the Lions] forward pack is very good and some exciting backs. It’s not a given and hopefully the Crusaders get up and win it, it would be great to see them do it,” he said.

Looking at the two teams it wasn’t possible to say who was going to dominate the scrums and lineouts so it became a case of who turned up on the night and got things right to provide the right amount, and quality, of football to the backs and both backlines were quite exciting, he said.

From the All Blacks selection point of view it would be good to see how either of the five-eighths, Richie Mo’unga for the Crusaders, or Elton Jantjies for the Lions, handled the pressure applied to them.


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