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All Blacks tour win heightens competition for test places

DURBAN, Aug 11 : Competition for test places in the New Zealand squad was heightened by an emphatic 54-0 win in their second tour game on Tuesday, with a clinical performance against the Sharks pleasing coach Dave Rennie.The All Blacks are on a six-week, eight-match tour of South Africa with four matches against provincial opposition and four tests in the first of its kind in 30 years.After starting with a far-from-convincing showing against the Stormers in Cape Town on Friday, the All Blacks proved devastating against the Sharks with eight unanswered tries, plenty of pace and few mistakes despite the cold and wet conditions.Rennie has said he aimed to give all of his 44-man squad a run-out over the first three games and after hammering the Sharks, added that the battle for places in the f
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