Lengthy, but really interesting read on why the 2016 All Blacks are the best in history, and what proves that statistically.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/gamet...trugbysideever
As an aside, this shows to me why Canada is so far behind. Specifically the portion when it speaks to the insignificance of the areas that Canada seems to excel at (tackling, and a "direct" style of rugby with not much in the way of creativity). It's long been my view that Canada needs to get the backs involved more and show some creativity and more "running rugby" in general. According to the stats here, the reason that the All Blacks are so dominant is because they dominant in exactly that area. Anyway...great article.