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Rugby-Italy tries to digest All Black avalanche

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2023 - Pool A - New Zealand v Italy - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - September 29, 2023 New Zealand's Dane Coles scores their thirteenth try REUTERS/Paul Childs/File Photo

(Reuters) - The morning after the humiliating night before Italian rugby fans were not in any rush to read the sports newspapers after their crushing defeat by New Zealand at the World Cup on Friday.

Losing to the All Blacks was always the likely outcome, but a 96-17 thrashing was not what Italy expected.

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