Cruden elated as he grasps his shot at immortality second time around

Filling in for one of the best out-halves the game has ever seen must be daunting. Yet injuries to Dan Carter have offered up stupendous opportunities for his understudies in recent years.

There is a film in the pipeline surrounding the Stephen Donald penalty that finally ended years of World Cup heartbreak for New Zealand two years ago.

The subject of The Kick was actually third choice on that occasion but an injury to Aaron Cruden 30 minutes into the final gave the previously ridiculed Chiefs 10 his shot at redemption.