BAGSHOT, England (Reuters) - New Zealand's players and management know just how the tension of a World Cup final can put paid to the best-laid plans and, having almost succumbed four years ago, they do not intend to allow a repeat on Saturday.
In 2011, the All Blacks went into their own tournament desperate to end 24 years of pain and frustration and when they got to the final against a French team they had already beaten in the pool stage, and who also lost to Tonga, the expectation of victory was absolute.
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