Yet the European champions were soon being cut open as Chile, whom some observers consider to be a South American version of Spain, attacked them with short incisive passes and constant movement off the ball in support of their team-mates.
Paul O'Connell provided the beef to widen a half-break by his backs, allowing scrum-half O'Leary quick ball to launch his support down the blind side.
While Wales' two 22-year-old breakaways, Dan Lydiate and Sam Warburton, could not quite match the All Blacks pair's support and ball-carrying, they did put in hugely impressive shifts at the breakdown.
Indeed, it's the support at the ball of the foot that gave my pair their distinct feel.
McCaw was in support to ensure quick ball and the All Blacks swept left for Gear to squeeze in at the flag despite George North's tackle.
If initially Hazard was condemned for actions, he also won plenty of support, with the ball boy -- reported by the British media to be the son of millionaire businessman who sits on the Swansea board -- coming in for plenty of criticism.
Minor (6-2) then pitched 7 1-3 innings of three-hit ball, and gave himself all the support he needed.
Germany, the eurozone's biggest single rescue bankroller, got the ball rolling and managed to win French support for a pact to tighten rules on state spending all round the eurozone.
Montgomery's conversion made it 17-6, and South Africa took an 18-point lead when No. 8 Danie Rossouw crossed the try line in support after Francois Steyn snaffled the ball following an error by fly-half Juan Martin Hernandez just before half-time.
His effort was blocked, but Sharp raced in to drill the ball home to lift the spirits of the home support.
Kansas City was busy finding support for Smith on both sides of the ball.
Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, the game's governing body, has consistently opposed the use of in-game video replays, but goal-line technology, to determine if the ball has crossed the goal line, has received more support.
The fly-half overshot the ball slightly and opted to pop it up to his support rather than try to gather for himself, only for prop Geoff Cross to spill the pass with the line at his mercy.
Leinster suffered a blow 10 minutes before half-time when lock Leo Cullen received a yellow card for taking out a support player as Scott Morgan gathered a lineout ball but Dragons were unable to make their numerical advantage count.
Lockheed Martin built the shroud and support systems for the Hubble, while PerkinElmer and Ball both contributed optics.
But all too often the visitors spilled the ball at the crucial point or conceded possession for lack of support.
The 6-foot junior guard went diving past photographers in pursuit of a loose ball less than 2 minutes in and crashed hard into the basket support when he was fouled on a fast-break dunk attempt.
Australia should have scored a second try when Barnes failed to find one of six support players before flanker George Smith, playing his 100th Test, dropped the ball just short of the line.
Paton and Steven MacLean did their best to hold the ball up when they received it in forward positions, but too often they found themselves lacking in midfield support and suffering from nervy distribution by defenders Ifil and Zander Diamond.
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