WELLINGTON (Reuters) - For the pundits who predicted 2016 would be the year New Zealand's stranglehold on world rugby starts to slip, results from the early rounds of Super Rugby must make for grim reading.
The All Blacks became the first team to win successive World Cups last year but with a raft of senior players retiring, including all-time greats Richie McCaw and Dan Carter, some thought they would struggle to maintain that dominance.
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