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Mon 09 Sep 2007All Blacks reveal grey areasScotland 0 New Zealand 40:We came to Murrayfield expecting to witness rugby from another dimension. Instead, we saw a game that merely served to highlight this tournament's structural failings.That New Zealand, in unfamiliar grey, malfunctioned in their attempts to rout a second-string home team provides the IRB with some wriggle room in terms of the problems highlighted by the Scotland coach's selection policy against the most prolific team the professional game has seen.