New Zealand's coach Steve Hansen arrives for their international rugby union match against England at Twickenham in London November 8, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Lessons from previous World Cup campaigns have been applied by New Zealand as they head to England as champions, though under less pressure than they were four years ago when they managed to end a 24-year title drought.
Mindful that teams who have won the World Cup have not retained it because the game moved on, coach Steve Hansen took the core of the side that won the 2011 tournament on home soil and reshaped the personnel and their tactics.
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