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The All Blacks turned on the style for the big crowd at Soldier Field © Getty Images

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The United States were thrashed 74-6 by a "legendary Aussie team" and not the All Blacks, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

In one of the great newspaper errors of the year, the Chicago masthead issued the ultimate insult to a Kiwi when they made the mistake in their Sunday edition.

Absolute uproar in O'Hare airport as the All Blacks supporter group find this in the local paper... @sumostevenson pic.twitter.com/GrhmvtGOeQ

— Tom Hamilton (@tomESPNscrum) November 2, 2014

The All Blacks, and not the Wallabies, had of course romped to the 68-point win at Soldier Field the previous day. The paper quickly issued an apology.

Apology not accepted pic.twitter.com/XesTtiGJ2F

— Steve Lenthall (@steve_l15) November 2, 2014

The New Zealand Herald perhaps best summed up the error, quipping: "What's the bigger crime? Calling the All Blacks Australian or labelling the Wallabies legendary?"

Well said.