All Blacks Out To Preserve 120-year Record V Scots

New Zealand get successful Edinburgh connected a precocious aft taking attraction of Ireland successful Chicago and nan extremity astatine Murrayfield connected Saturday is to sphere a 120-year grounds of having ne'er mislaid to Scotland.

In nan 32 meetings betwixt nan sides, nan All Blacks person won 30 and drawn twice, and nan existent squad do not want to beryllium remembered arsenic nan ones who allowed nan spell to beryllium broken.

"Any trial for nan All Blacks, you're massively motivated to make judge you win, but nan history and nan bequest down that, those numbers are beautiful massive," said All Blacks adjunct coach Jason Holland.

"We don't want to beryllium portion of a squad that helps nan Scottish break that."

In years gone by, erstwhile nan Scottish squad was acold weaker than it is now, nan Edinburgh limb of nan All Blacks' autumn European circuit was wherever they would springiness their large guns a remainder for nan tougher assignments to come.

While location will inevitably beryllium immoderate shuffling of nan platform aft their efforts successful Chicago past Saturday – Scott and Jordie Barrett person some been ruled retired done wounded – and a travel to Twickenham still to come, caller meetings would propose nan Scots will not beryllium taken lightly.

The past 3 meetings person each been decided by winning margins successful nan azygous digits alternatively than nan one-sided blowouts that tended to beryllium nan lawsuit erstwhile nan All Blacks arrived successful nan Scottish capital.

"The maturation astir Scottish footy complete nan past mates of years has been massive," said Holland.

"Massive juncture for them, obviously, pinch nan 100 years [of Murrayfield]. It's going to beryllium a monolithic conflict up front.

"The style of footy that Gregor [Townsend] has sewage them playing, we've sewage to beryllium connected and not springiness them nan shot excessively easily. Otherwise, they tin wounded teams."

New Zealand sustained nan biggest conclusion successful their history astatine nan hands of world champions South Africa successful nan caller Rugby Championship, and besides endured a astonishment nonaccomplishment to Argentina.

That has led immoderate to judge nan aura of nan mighty All Blacks whitethorn beryllium slipping and that this represents Scotland's champion chance to registry their first ever triumph successful nan fixture, but Scotland helping Darcy Graham says they stay arsenic formidable arsenic ever.

"No, that doesn't gaffe astatine all. We cognize nan situation that's coming connected Saturday," said Graham, whose hat-trick successful Scotland's 85-0 demolition of nan United States took him level pinch Duhan van der Merwe arsenic Scotland's grounds effort scorer.

"The value they've sewage crossed their full team, they tin switch boys successful and out, they're world class.

"Growing up, you ever wanted to play against nan All Blacks. You don't get immoderate bigger occasions, truthful it's going to beryllium special. Especially astatine Murrayfield, nan ambiance is going to beryllium incredible.

"There's going to beryllium a existent buzz building passim nan full week, truthful it's exciting.

"They're an unthinkable team, nan history they've sewage down them. They're going to beryllium coming present arsenic favourites.

"We've evidently sewage that monkey connected nan backmost that we've ne'er beaten them before, truthful it would beryllium very typical to hit them."