NEW ZEALAND coach Graham Henry has made five changes and two positional switches to his starting line-up for the dead rubber Tri-Nations match against Australia in Wellington.

AUSTRALIAN rugby officials will be hoping that Eddie Jones’ departure as national coach will end a destabilising period that threatened to undermine preparation for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.

Australia coach Eddie Jones may have branded New Zealand cheats but All Blacks coach Graham Henry has been nothing but complimentary to the Wallabies.

Lions manager Dónal Lenihan admitted that the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK, which effectively cost Ireland three internationals, has not helped the chances of players from these shores.