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In a roundabout sort of way the All Blacks probably took some motivation out of the whole bugging scandal last week.Michael Cheika has denied Australian involvement in the scandal, and NSW Police have confirmed that gambling links will form part of their continued investigations,, but the All Blacks performance against Australia in the Rugby Championship-opening Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney basically said: Youre welcome to listen, but try to stop us.I believe the device was put there for information on the All Blacks. Ive had suspicions in the past. This sort of thing has been going on for a number of years.Ive played in games where all of a sudden the opposition knew your lineout calls or whatever; but apart from a few things you can only ever get a very small percentage. Youre never going to get an edge if you dont have the cattle; nothing is going to help you.When you were playing with Jonah Lomu you would get plenty of spying going on, but at the end of the day the opposition still had to tackle him and spying couldnt help them do that.Its been around for a long time. Weve had guys hiding in the trees or spying on you, or trying to get information out of you. Then remember last year at Eden Park when someone was filming Michael Cheikas clipboard and they got some inside oil; but you are only ever going to get a very tiny piece of information.In all honesty, Im really pleasantly surprised at the way the All Blacks fronted up. Ill put my hand up and say that I thought they would win, but I never thought they would just turn up and deliver the complete performance. From one to 15 they were on their game last Saturday.You quite often see mistake in Test matches, errors caused by one person not quite being on top of their game. But I reckon the whole squad were in for a big game, and when you get them all wanting to play the best game they possibly can you get what I believe was one of the best All Blacks performances I have seen in a long time.That was right through from Kieran Read leading the team to Dane Coles coming off the bench; what a cameo performance the hooker put on. Rib injuries are horrible; they are something you cannot hide. They are there every time you move, and you feel it; not only in the game but also during the build-up when you cant lie properly in bed and you have to be careful how you move about.I was surprised he got put on the bench; if you are not good enough to start then why should you be on the bench? And as Steve Hansen said, he might have to come on after only a couple of minutes in the game. I thought he was going to be tested when he came on, but he gutsed it out and it was probably the longest Test hes ever played. When you think about it, hookers usually come off with about 60 minutes gone. To get 78 minutes, or however long it was, was tremendous.If he had gone down, which was on the cards, they would have had to go to uncontested scrums.Where do the Australians turn to now? And how do the All Blacks improve on that?It is a great position for the All Blacks to be in, and a deliberate knockout punch this weekend will be the icing on the cake for New Zealand fans. But backing up a good performance like that is tough.Its like a boxing match where youve got someone on the ropes and youve just got to keep going; you cant back down. The Australians have taken a beating and theyve only got two places to go: they either step up and perform, or they remain on the canvas.From what we saw on Saturday night, Im not sure whether they have the game plan or the answers. And then you had the Wallabies team named in positions only for the No.8 David Pocock to appear on the side of the scrum with Ben McCalman at No.8? It doesnt make any difference, and those sorts of games, or psychological ploys, wear thin after a while.If it was intended to undo the preparation you need to remember these guys all know each other well. They play each other in Super Rugby and they know who they are up against. It doesnt matter whether Pocock has No. 6, No. 7 or No. 8 on his back; he could have worn No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 ?and it wouldnt matter.The way the All Blacks shifted the ball and shifted the point of contact through their handling skills, they were just unbelievable. It was incredible stuff, and I couldnt believe I was watching it. The opposition can only do so much, and it is hard to come up with something against nigh-on brilliance.But the Wallabies arent the only ones with a challenge on their hands; the All Blacks face one, too. New Zealand now have to go out and back it up; they must look at how they play and consider what changes to make, and what forced changes they have to look at. Its an exciting time.Weve talked about Beauden Barrett a fair bit in this column, and rightfully so after winning a Super Rugby title, but he just adds so much. Its contagious when your conductor, and thats how he wants to play, results in old fellows like Jerome Kaino charging down kicks, regathering and scoring.Barrett just seems to revel in that All Blacks environment; he backs up his performance week in and week out. Steve Hansen has said in the past that he selects players or drops them on how they play for the All Blacks and not on how they play anywhere else, and hes so right.Players can go back to their franchises, and for whatever reason things dont go their way or they dont perform; but if theyve always performed in an All Blacks jersey then that level of trust ensures they wont let that jersey down. And they havent. 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She deserves the recognition and will be the first to tell you that it would not be possible without the help of our support staff and her teammates. Karissa has shown us that Mizzou is a place that you can make all of your dreams come true.In a season where Schweizer set and re-set personal-records in each race, Schweizer polished off her junior campaign with a NCAA Cross Country National Championship on Nov. 19, in Terre Haute, Ind. Schweizer stayed near the front of the pack through the first 5K of the race, then kicked into high-gear over the last 400 meters, passing numerous runners en route to her first National Championship. Schweizer finished the 6,000m race with a personal record time of 19:41.6.With the victory, Schweizer became Mizzous first female Nattional Champion in cross country and the first in program history since Keith Bacon won the Mens National Title in 1955.dddddddddddd Additionally, Schweizer and junior Jamie Kempfer (Festus, Mo.), who finished 27th, earned All-America honors, marking the first time Mizzou has had an All-American since 2003 and the first time Mizzou has had a pair of All-Americans since 1984.In six meets this season, Schweizer finished first in five races, winning at the Commodore Classic (Sept. 17), Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 1), SEC Championships (Oct. 28), NCAA Midwest Regional (Nov. 11) and NCAA Championships (Nov. 19). The Tiger junior became the first individual conference champion in program history since 1997 and first regional champion since 2003. Following her success, Schweizer was named the SEC Womens Runner of the Year and NCAA Midwest Regional Womens Runner of the Year. Schweizer was the first in program history to be named conference athlete of the year and first since 2003 to be named regional athlete of the year.The junior campaign has added to an already impressive resume as Schweizer was named the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2014 and earned All-America honors at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a third place finish in the 5,000m race. ' ' '