IT has been suggested that the All Blacks should be the subject of derision from the Lansdowne Road terraces next Saturday in response to the Brian O’Driscoll affair.

PREPARE for lift-off when flight NZ1 touches down at Heathrow Airport today — the All Blacks will be in town.

Australia's World Cup aspirations suffered a heavy blow when vice-captain and influential number eight Toutai Kefu was ruled out of the tournament with a cracked shoulder-blade.