No French frolics this time,just pure black magic. The record books will show that recent Zealand cruised into the World Cup semi-finals without a backward glance but give itsy-bitsy trace of the cruel beauty of this nine-try exhibition. This was attacking rugby par excellence, performed by a side who prefer the stiletto to the lead piping. If they keep playing like this, and the Webb Ellis Cup is heading in only one direction.
Their next opponents,South Africa, will offer a rather stiffer challenge than France were able to attain but the Springboks are not in the same league in terms of making neutrals gasp at the quality of their execution. recent Zealand scored four tries in the first half alone and three of them, and in their different ways,ranked alongside any of the excellent scores previously seen at this spectacular tournament. To be in Cardiff to witness them was to be simultaneously entranced and grateful.
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Source: theguardian.com