As Scotland finalise their preparations for this afternoon's clash with world champions New Zealand at Murrayfield, their Australian attack coach Scott Johnson has revisited familiar territory with an emphatic reminder that the All Blacks are merely mortal and that the Scots have nothing to be afraid of.
As Scotland finalise their preparations for this afternoon's clash with world champions New Zealand at Murrayfield, their Australian attack coach Scott Johnson has revisited familiar territory with an emphatic reminder that the All Blacks are merely mortal and that the Scots have nothing to be afraid of.
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Alasdair Reid
"They are only human, and so are we," said Johnson at his eve-of-game briefing. "We're respectful of what they are, and in the last 12 months they've been exemplary. But they've only got two legs and two arms just like we have, and the pitch doesn't grow when they've got the ball."
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