"Will power" to play a vital role in All Blacks and Wallabies encounter says Wayne Smith
The assistant coach of New Zealand, Wayne Smith, has declared strong “will power” as an important factor for wining the upcoming semi-final encounter between All Blacks and Wallabies. The two best sides of the world are meeting on October 16, at Eden Park,
Auckland in the toughest game of the ongoing world showpiece.
The sides have equally experienced players on each front and the battle is expected to be neck to neck. Smith talked to the media on October 11 and said that both teams have good combination and the side which will absorb the pressure of match best will
win.
The two neighbouring sides have had a healthy rivalry for quite a while and the squads are well aware of their strengths and weaknesses. They previously met in the final of the Tri-Nations Cup 2011 and Wallabies clinched the nail biting victory after a sensational
contest. The match was hanging in the balance with just 20 minutes remaining in the final whistle when Kurtley Beale scored the final and decisive try.
Speaking about the match Wayne Smith said that, “Tournaments throw up all sorts of things at you - injuries, selection - and you can't control any of that and it's the same for the other team. It's not who you've got in the team, it's what you've got inside
you that counts at this point and that's what'll win it.”
He added that the upcoming match will be unpredictable and stated, “As with any team, you have some expectations about what's going to happen and how they're going to play but when you enter the field you can't believe that, you've just got to see what's
in front of you.”
New Zealand has produced one hundred per cent winning results in the current tournament whereas th eWallabies have received a defeat in the Pool matches at the hands of Ireland. Meanwhile, Wallabies suffered pains to overcome the first hurdle of the knockout
stages. On the other hands, All Blacks secured an easy victory in the quarter-final clash against Pumas.
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