'Good rugby banter:' Sam Cane laughs off verbals with Peter O'Mahony

The All Blacks captain admitted his side were 'angry and disappointed' after their defeat to Ireland last Saturday in the second Test.

Peter O'Mahony is understood to have delivered a withering assessment of Cane’s abilities but the All Blacks flanker laughed it off on Tuesday at the end of a pitchside media session as he looked forward to the upcoming rematch.

All Blacks captain Sam Cane has dismissed his heated exchange with Peter O’Mahony during Saturday’s second Test as “just good rugby banter”.

Ireland were on their way to a 23-12 victory that sends their series with New Zealand into a deciding final match at Sky Stadium this Saturday when the back-rowers clashed under the Irish posts late in the game after O’Mahony had prevented a home try by holding up an All Black attacker.