Australia know just how dangerous Brian ‘Waltzing’ O’Driscoll can be after a devastating Lions tour Down Under two years ago but, for those in the murky world of the Wallabies front row, no Irishman is held in higher esteem than Keith Wood.

WHAT a difference 80 minutes makes in this rugby-crazy nation. By the time Allan Rolland signalled full-time in the All Blacks match with South Africa on Saturday, most of New Zealand's rugby sceptics had been blown away - along with the Springboks.