Justin Marshall still believes that there are serious question marks over the All Blacks despite their 3-0 series victory against France in the mid-year Tests.<\/p>\n
While many observers have declared themselves satisfied with what they saw from Scott Robertson\u2019s men versus an understrength French outfit, the 81-times capped former scrum-half has a different view.<\/p>\n
Les Bleus left many of their best players at home and still managed to challenge New Zealand in the first and third Tests before the hosts eventually prevailed.<\/p>\n
The All Blacks\u2019<\/a> next challenge is the Rugby Championship which starts in mid-August and Marshall still believes that answers have not been provided.<\/p>\n All Blacks issues<\/p>\n \u201cFrom an All Blacks perspective, they got to play all of their players apart from the ones who weren\u2019t available through injury,\u201d he said on the GBRANZ podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cThey got pushed in Test matches where they had to find an answer \u2013 the first Test and the last one. [But] I don\u2019t know how to rate the All Blacks performances and where they\u2019re at.<\/p>\n \u201cThe thing I\u2019m really struggling with is to say: \u2018This is where we\u2019re at, this is clearly where we\u2019re at and we\u2019re good leading into the Rugby Championship\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just not quite sure what our team\u2019s going to look like for that Rugby Championship, and how we\u2019re going to play. We still did struggle and leave a lot of points out there in those Test matches.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Springboks think they can dominate you physically\u2019 \u2013 Sir Steve Hansen reveals how All Blacks can beat Rassie Erasmus\u2019 men<\/a><\/p>\n The All Blacks go into the Rugby Championship looking to reclaim the title they lost to the Springboks<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n It is once again likely to be a battle between those two great sides for the trophy in 2025, with the double header in New Zealand no doubt the decisive matches.<\/p>\n