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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe heu
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain heu
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund heu
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it heu
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday heu
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer heu
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League heu
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway heu
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level heu
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition heu
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund heu
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early heu
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next heu
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said heu
“You make half a mistake and get punished heu
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights heu
“We probably weren’t at our best and in this competition we have to be heu
” Howe said heu
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham heu
But their quality is most evident when allied with a blur of energy heu
And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who heu betray their origins heu
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian heu sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago heu
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games heu
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain heu
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches heu
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro heu
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes heu
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said heu
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing heu
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths heu
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted heu
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up heu
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role heu
He may be required there more often heu
Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class heu
But his season seems over: not officially yet, but a ban beckons heu
Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list heu
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder heu
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while heu
They are starting to look short of players heu
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said heu
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams heu
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued heu
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing heu
It is a product of circumstances heu
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds heu
Now they are plunged into peril heu
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it heu
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital heu
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It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs heu
The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” heu
The report did not paint a pretty picture heu
“In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained heu
The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” heu
The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” heu
“New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington heu
“The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity heu
” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 heu
5m) last year heu
Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too heu
The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation heu
If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture heu
It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch heu
Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip heu
The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities heu
Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply heu
“You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian heu
“This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field heu
So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity heu
”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans heu
Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts heu
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The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs heu
Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air heu
The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles heu
Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy heu
A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical heu
While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before heu
In the 20 years heu between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools heu
The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people heu
It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year heu
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change heu
It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago heu
You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win heu
“I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five heu
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I think we’re at the crossroads heu
Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it heu
”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business heu
Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City heu Football Group heu
The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 heu
5bn (£1 heu
67bn) heu
The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup heu
Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think heu
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