No WC Complacency for All Blacks

Published: Thursday, 7. July, 2011 in category What the Papers Say

Wayne Smith believes complacency will no longer be a factor when the All Blacks begin their World Cup campaign and more in What the Papers Say.

Thursday, July 7

Final flourish for Smith - Sky Sports - Wayne Smith believes complacency will no longer be a factor when the All Blacks begin their World Cup campaign.

Now the cap fits, we can compete for foreign stars - Daily Mail - The ability of England's elite clubs to attract marquee overseas players will be dramatically revived next year after a landmark vote on the future of the salary cap in the Aviva Premiership.

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Carter aims to lift a nation - The Telegraph - Exclusive interview: All Black admits pressure huge at World Cup.

Diamond plans a new era at Sale - BBC - Sharks' new director of sport sets his sights on the Heineken Cup

Ins and outs at the Welsh regions - BBC - Scrum V's guide ahead of the 2011-12 season

Super Rugby glory - Sky Sports - Thinus Delport looks at how the Reds and Crusaders booked their place in the Super Rugby final.

Simply Red - Scrum.com - On the eve of the Suncorp Stadium showdown, Scrum Sevens celebrates the Reds' transformation from Super Rugby also-rans to potential champions

Blues reflect upon season affected by Toeava's injury - New Zealand Herald - Soothsayers please apply. What's the next number in this sequence - ninth, seventh and fourth? For those of you who have watched the Blues for the bulk of this year's Super 15, is fourth a satisfactory finish?

I took Ashton to the cinema and now we're friends, says Tuilagi - Daily Mail - Manu Tuilagi is sat in the plush gardens at Pennyhill Park eating anything he can get his hands on. The England squad are doing five intensive sessions a day and that requires a lot of fuel. A waiter walks past with a club sandwich which proves so distracting I have to repeat the question. It is an obvious question

'Never wrestle Banahan' - The Telegraph - Exclusive: Full-back Ben Foden gives an insight into life at England squad's World Cup training camp.