Dan Carter guides All Blacks to glory, are they the best ever?

New Zealand make history as they retain the Rugby World Cup, and the rest of the world looks to catch up by 2019

Richie McCaw and Dan Carter of New Zealand, Rugby World Cup 2015
(Image credit: Phil Walter/Getty Images)

By Gavin Mortimer

So New Zealand have done it. The first nation to win back-to-back World Cups and also the first to win rugby's showpiece tournament three times. And, boy, did the All Blacks do it in style.

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