Rugby World Cup final: five areas where the match will be won and lost | Paul Rees

Australia are dangerous at the breakdown, Bernard Foley must emulate Dan Carter’s skills during slow possession and both sides will look beyond set piecesNo side has anything approaching a reasonable record against the All Blacks in the past four years but Australia have performed the least badly; a victory, two draws and a couple of close encounters. Whatever their travails off the pitch or their problems up front, their one constant has been an ability to compete with New Zealand at the breakdown, the single most important area in the modern game. In Sydney in August, the Wallabies started D…