by the time bowden barrett broke free to score, victory was safe. new zealand the first nation to retain the world cup. the trophy lifted by ritchie mccaw described as the best to a played for the all blacks. but with special players around him. >> it's not so much being here, doing your job the best you can, when you have 15 men, 23, they say enhance it. new zealanders live and breath, now they have a team called by many the greatest history. this has been a tournament of memorable games, surprising ruts, and no surprise at who ended up the champions. >>> and don't forget you can keep up to date with all the news and sport, and the day's developments on the website. all the blocks and opinion pieces there. the address to go to is aljazeera.com. era.com. [ ♪ ] [ ♪ ] >>> hello, i'm richard gizbert, and you are at "the listening post", these are some of the media stories this week. we are focussing onth

by the time bowden barrett broke free to score, victory was safe. zealand the first nation to retain the world cup. the trophy lifted by ritchie mccaw described as the best to a played for the all blacks. but with special players around him. >> it's not so much being here, doing your job the best you can, when you have 15 men, 23, they say enhance it. new zealand says live and breath, now they have a team called by many the greatest history. this has been a tournament of memorable games, surprising results, and no surprise at who ended up the champions. >> former new zealand player michael jones, a part of the team that won the first world cup in 1987 says the all back side is -- all black side is the best ever. >> the guys did a fantastic accomplishment for the country, we are small, they are ambassadors, but there's no doubt that the one on one show convincingly, they are the greatest all black team we had. it's all credit to the group. the coaches from the time they won it four years ago, they have been planning for this day, and they certainly t