Controversial Cullen

CONTROVERSY is something Christian Cullen has managed to avoid for much of his illustrious All Black career.

Maybe he was just too busy doing what he does best playing rugby. As a proud wearer of the black jersey with the silver fern insignia he rattled up 60 appearances for the New Zealand team from his 1996 debut until 2002, and 58 of those were tests.

That he was a phenomenal scoring machine is a matter of fact. He scored 52 tries, 46 of those in test matches, which is the most by any All Black.