The Breakdown | New Zealand have been fallible in World Cup years before – and won

Struggles against South Africa and Ireland have encouraged belief All Blacks can be toppled, but write them off at your perilSouth Africa have spent the week preparing for their opener against New Zealand at Tokyo Disneyland, a sprawling coastal resort in the east of Japan’s capital, in a boomerang-shaped hotel. Two years ago, when the Springboks hit rock bottom, the location would have invited comparisons with Mickey Mouse, but they are more like Tarzan again.The All Blacks are used to going into a World Cup as favourites, and at the top of the world rankings, a position currently occupied by…