An ordinary day but All Blacks feel the fear

As he glances towards the hotel bar All Black head coach Steve Hansen struggles to stifle a laugh.

He succeeds — just — and instead watches in bemused silence as the Italian television reporter holds up his half-pint of lager for the camera, takes a sip and says ‘cheers’, mimicking what Hansen and Bok counterpart Heyneke Meyer will do after Saturday’s match.

With a shake of the head Hansen walks up the ornate staircase to the first floor of the hotel, away from the prying eyes of the media gathered below.