There’s something deliciously gruff about Steve Hansen and something gloriously barmy about Heyneke Meyer. Talk about being as dry as chalk and as mad as cheese.

Sportswear firm JD Sports Fashion today confirmed it is close to landing “certain assets” of the ailing retailer Blacks Leisure.

ALL Blacks’ winger Zac Guildford admitted punching two men while running naked, drunk and bleeding through a bar on the Cook Islands last week.

THERE was a sharp edge to Declan Kidney’s tone that we don’t often hear after Saturday’s defeat by the All Blacks.