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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Dan Carter’s injury doesn’t mean defeat

Dan Carter’s groin strain doesn’t have to be the end of everything.

A month ago I wrote that “anyone who doubted there’s a malign force in the universe determined to squeeze every last drop of optimism out of the New Zealand public must surely now be convinced”.

I should have known better. I should have realised it was reckless to be expending precious reserves of pessimism before the World Cup was even under way.

Short of declaring the All Blacks can’t win the tournament without Dan Carter, it’s difficult to overstate the significance of...

This article appears in the New Zealand Listener issue October 15, 2011.
The full text of the online article will be available on October 31, 2011.
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