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    All Blacks hooker Dane Coles has stopped short of labelling this weekend's final test of the year against France as season defining

    All Blacks hooker Dane Coles has stopped short of labelling this weekend's final test of the year against France as season defining


    The veteran hooker makes his third start of the season in Paris.

    Lose and the tour will end on a sour note with back-to-back defeats, which would also make this year the first since 2009 that New Zealand has suffered at least three test defeats in a calendar year.

    Coles acknowledges there's a lot riding on the match.



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