Dylan Cleaver: He's our most extraordinary ordinary Kiwi
If he was named New Zealander of the Year again this year, you can guarantee his reaction will be the same.
If he was named New Zealander of the Year again this year, you can guarantee his reaction will be the same.
Suddenly, for Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Keven Mealamu, Tony Woodcock, Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith, life has changed.
It is always a useful exercise to ask yourself this as a New Zealander: Would you think this was a great World Cup had the All Blacks been knocked out in the quarter-finals?
This morning's final featured four of the nominees for World Rugby Player of the Year but the identity of the All Blacks honoured raised some eyebrows.
This year, Black and Milner-Skudder were team-mates at the Hurricanes and it's not hard to imagine the two teaming up soon for the All Blacks.
No matter what happens tomorrow, the All Blacks have already won the social media World Cup says one commentator.
Selector Grant Fox has revealed the All Blacks have adopted a "who dares wins" theme to propel them to victory.
In Dan Carter, rugby had a model No 10 and a model role model. Will we ever see his like again?
Princes Harry and William and Duchess Kate are set to watch the World Cup final in the New Zealand box.
Has this been the best Rugby World Cup so far? Our rugby experts deliver their verdicts on a range of topics.
A monster $400,000 has been slapped on the All Blacks to win the Rugby World Cup, the biggest bet in New Zealand history.
Jonah Lomu has said that comparisons between he and Julian Savea is disrespectful to the new All Blacks number 11.
It was scarcely believable that a day before the final, the Wallabies had much of their pre-match thinking exposed.
Julian Savea and Dan Carter are among six players nominated for the prestigious World Rugby Player of the Year award.
To many opposition teams over the course of his 13 years of test rugby, Dan Carter has been a phantom-like character pulling the strings in the black No10 jersey.
There are three things that all major international sports teams have to manage. The All Blacks do all three better than anybody else.
The clearest indication that ABs are not obsessing about Wallabies came yesterday when Jerome Kaino momentarily forgot Pocock's first name.
At the end of the day I think the majority of New Zealanders are pretty relaxed about the result of the Rugby World Cup Final this weekend.
A World Cup final against our closest rivals has been a long time coming and is as much a clash of sporting cultures as it is skills
The All Blacks won the 2011 World Cup final against France. Gregor Paul lists what it will take for them to do it again.
Gregor Paul lists 10 things the All Blacks must do to win tomorrow's rugby World Cup final against Australia.
Sickening tackle two years ago looked like a career-ender but our peerless No 10 is poised to finish the way he deserves.
Six All Black greats will play their last test in Sunday's World Cup final. Wynne Gray gives his impression of the leavers
Australia coach forced to explain attempts by the Australia Rugby Union to undermine opponents.
The first Englishman to win the Rugby World Cup final did so in an All Blacks jersey.
While there will be fascinating clashes across the pitch in the World Cup final, one battle will prove the most influential.
The All Black mystique casts the kind of spell Stuart Lancaster's banished England tried and failed to copy.
One of the All Blacks' secrets remains a mystery and unquantifiable to even them.