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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nick Purewal

Rugby World Cup: New Zealand desperate to avoid history repeating itself against Argentina

Aaron Smith won the Rugby World Cup with New Zealand in 2015, but still rates the All Blacks’ victory over Ireland last weekend as his proudest moment in Test rugby.

The 34-year-old is buoyant as a result, but wary, too. New Zealand found a way to topple Ireland 28-24 in Paris in the quarter-finals, but the match pushed both sides beyond the limit.

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