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If Dan Carter can not play at home in New Zealand there is no place he would rather be than Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, where the All Blacks face Georgia in their third World Cup match on Friday.

“We have all had a run in the first two games so there are no excuses for not being ready to go”, he said ahead of clash at the Millennium Stadium.

In what should be music to the ears of any rugby fan fed up with teams deliberately trying to slow the ball down, Georgia coach Milton Haig insists his side will commit to a free-flowing match when his side meet the All Blacks on Saturday.

He said that at halftime he told his players “keep your attitude and intensity, but (New Zealand) reacted, got the ball and didn’t lose it any more, their capacity is well known and they managed to overcome our siege”.

Another tournament upset possibly looked on the cards until New Zealand got their running game flowing as the hour approached and elusive scrumhalf Smith wiggled his way through to crown a series of attacks close to the Pumas line.

Cheika said he told Cooper when naming the flyhalf to start against the All Blacks that “there is nothing to prove here, this is not some type of test for you, this is about your doing your job for the team in the game”.