Australia coach John Connolly was not getting too carried away with the Wallabies' stirring 20-15 victory over New Zealand in Melbourne on Saturday night, but he did enjoy it.

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New Zealand coach Graham Henry predicts Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup clash with Australia will be a classic.

IF YOU’RE a Munster fan you shouldn’t be happy that Thomond Park is being renamed.

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Wellington forwards John Schwalger and Ross Filipo will make their New Zealand debuts against Canada in Hamilton on Saturday.

Junior All Blacks captain Daniel Braid has called on a number of ousted New Zealand internationals to prove their worth in the team’s IRB Pacific Nations Cup title defence.

NEW Zealand rugby selectors picked scrum-half Brendon Leonard and prop John Schwalger for the first time and omitted winger Rico Gear for the All Blacks’ final matches before the World Cup.

Uncapped duo Brendon Leonard and John Schwalger have been called up to the New Zealand squad for the Tests against France, Canada and the upcoming Tri-Nations tournament.

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WALES lock Ian Gough has dubbed New Zealand “honest cheaters” just four days before the two countries clash at the Millennium Stadium.

New Zealand head coach Graham Henry has made seven changes for Saturday’s clash with Wales at the Millennium Stadium.

ALL BLACKS coach Graham Henry has hailed France as the northern hemisphere’s best team ahead of back-to-back Tests in Lyon and Paris.

ENGLAND’S record Twickenham crowd of 82,000 witnessed a record-breaking occasion — but for all the wrong reasons as New Zealand underlined their credentials as overwhelming World Cup favourites.

NEW ZEALAND boss Graham Henry claims the Twickenham factor makes a mockery of suggestions that stricken England will be crushed by the All Blacks on Sunday.

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New Zealand coach Graham Henry has intervened in the on-going saga surrounding All Black winger Rico Gear’s future.

There were few surprises in the New Zealand squad named to face Australia in Christchurch on Saturday.

South African-born lock Greg Rawlinson has been called into the New Zealand squad ahead of their Tests against Ireland and Argentina.

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ANDY ROBINSON has rejected allegations that England launched a spying mission on New Zealand in the build-up to Saturday's clash at Twickenham.

New Zealand head coach Graham Henry has named Sitiveni Sivivatu and Doug Howlett on the wings for Saturday’s highly-anticipated clash with England at Twickenham.

GRAHAM Henry has begun to achieve what some of the New Zealand public believed impossible.

FULL-BACK Geordan Murphy has challenged his team-mates to make Irish rugby history by claiming our first victory over New Zealand.

Ireland full-back Geordan Murphy has challenged his team-mates to make Irish rugby history by claiming the nation’s first victory over New Zealand.

Wales captain Gareth Thomas warned Ireland it will take one of the great performances to derail New Zealand’s march to a Grand Slam – but he insists it can be done.

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Wales head coach Mike Ruddock offered no excuses for their record defeat to New Zealand but admitted it “hurts like hell”.

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Versatility and a focus on improving the depth of talent have been the key elements in the New Zealand squad named by Graham Henry for their tour of Britain and Ireland next month.

New Zealand were crowned Tri-Nations champions on Saturday after defeating Australia 34-24 at Eden Park in Auckland.

WALLABIES coach Eddie Jones has deflected talk that his position is under threat ahead of tomorrow’s pivotal Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup Test with New Zealand in Sydney.

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Lions skipper Gareth Thomas admitted New Zealand were worthy winners as they completed a 3-0 whitewash over Clive Woodward’s men with a 38-19 drubbing at Eden Park.

The Lions suffered a ’blackwash’ in New Zealand for only the third time in their history today after a painful tour ended with defeat in the final Test of the series.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has resisted the temptation to make wholesale changes for the third and final Test against the British and Irish Lions at Eden Park on Saturday even though the series is already wrapped up.

Leon MacDonald will fill the considerable boots of Dan Carter in the New Zealand team to take on the British and Irish Lions in the third and final Test at Eden Park on Saturday.

The British and Irish Lions crashed to a record Test defeat in New Zealand as Graham Henry’s men took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

THE legacy of the Lions class of 2005 will be shaped by tomorrow’s 80 minutes of rugby.

CLIVE WOODWARD’S backroom boys believe the British & Irish Lions can overcome last weekend’s sorry performance against New Zealand in tomorrow’s second Test.

Carl Hayman has been ruled out of Saturday’s second Test against the British and Irish Lions.