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SHOTLIST: ROME, NOVEMBER 16, 2012. SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 1 Conrad Smith (man), All Blacks vice captain (English, 22 sec): "Yeah I think we've seen enough of them to know. Like any team they'll have a big crowd behind them. They're a passionate side. If they get the edge over us or feel like they've got a bit of ascendancy in the game we'll have a real fight on our hands. Thats our job ... more 

SHOTLIST: ROME, NOVEMBER 16, 2012. SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 1 Conrad Smith (man), All Blacks vice captain (English, 22 sec): "Yeah I think we've seen enough of them to know. Like any team they'll have a big crowd behind them. They're a passionate side. If they get the edge over us or feel like they've got a bit of ascendancy in the game we'll have a real fight on our hands. Thats our job to take that out of the equation, but we're fully aware it could be a long day if we don't get on top early." -VAR All Blacks training ----------------------------- AFP TEXT STORY: RugbyU-ITA-NZL,PREVIEW RugbyU: Italy defiant in face of revamped All Blacks by Justin Davis MILAN, Nov 16, 2012 (AFP) - New Zealand have made sweeping changes to the side that beat Scotland 51-22 last week, but what some may see as a charitable move has not been designed to give the hosts a fighting chance in Rome. When it comes to Italy, still an emerging rugby power, and the All Blacks, two-time world champions and the most successful national team to have graced the sport, there really is no contest. Italy have lost all 11 previous encounters beginning with a 70-6 reverse in the 1987 World Cup to a far tighter 20-6 test defeat at Milan's San Siro stadium in 2009. less