All Blacks scrape bottom of lock stocks barrel

THE ALL BLACKS have been forced to call up the seventh and eighth locks on their pecking order yesterday, after Ali Williams and Keith Robinson joined a growing list of seriously injured middle row forwards.

Williams suffered a broken jaw while Robinson injured a calf muscle when the All Blacks thrashed France 61-10 in a bruising second Test on Saturday.

While there was cause for jubilation in the New Zealand camp with the nature of the nine-try rout, news that neither lock would be able to play in the upcoming Tri-Nations put a dampener on celebrations.