For the final week of the Rugby World Cup the All Blacks have taken over the facility which England had purposely adapted for their campaign.
They spent around NZ$6m doing up the rugby and gym facilities and now it's all to New Zealand's advantage.
However, Australia were offered the Pennyhill Park resort in sleepy Surrey first and turned it down.
Its rugby pitch was ripped up and re-laid to be an absolute replica of Twickenham. These days it's rare that any team other than England gets to see inside.
"Obviously you guys are making out it is quite posh so I'm getting quite excited now but as far as I'm concerned, it's a hotel with a training field and a gym and will we want to copy it and take it home. There's a lot of facilities over here we'd like to take home," All Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster said.
Australia actually won the draw to pick their hotel first and they chose the Lensbury Hotel over Pennyhill Park.
English media reported that Australia thought Pennyhill Park was too isolated and players wouldn't have enough to do when it came time to mentally unwind.
The team base near the small town of Bagshot was actually first used by the All Blacks in 1999 when they played in the World Cup under John Hart. Sir Clive Woodward, the England coach at the time, cottoned on to the facilities available and the following year it became England's permanent team base.
The town has a population of 5500; many of whom know the All Blacks are their neighbours this week.
Sam Cane says it helps that captain Richie McCaw has been hooking them up with new headphones.
"He's obviously got a new sponsor on board so he's been pretty willing and sharing with some of the benefits of that with the team which has been nice," Cane said.
And once they get through their music, there's always the spa and nine-hole golf course to keep their minds off the final.
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