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McCaw wary as All Blacks eye 'perfect' year (AFP)
 New Zealand captain Richie McCaw refused to get carried away after the world champions left themselves just one game away from a perfect year with a 30-22 win over England at Twickenham on Saturday. The All Blacks' latest victory took their tally for 2013 to played 13, won 13 and meant only Ireland, in what will be New Zealand's final match of the season in Dublin next weekend, could stop them from retaining their 100 percent record. No international team in the professional era has enjoyed a perfect calendar year, with the New Zealand side led by Wayne Shelford, that won all seven of their Tests in 1989, the last major nation to achieve the feat when rugby union was still an amateur sport. New Zealand themselves came close to perfection again when they won 11 games and drew one under John Hart in 1997. More...
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