Henry fires back over haka controversy

The All Blacks have fired a shot back in the haka row.

Following on from John Connolly's comments yesterday, his opposite Graham Henry has fronted the media this afternoon in Brisbane.

Henry is angry at Connolly for making comments against the new Kapa o Pango haka. Connolly says the gesture at the end of the haka implies an intent to murder - which is not a message to send out to young people.

However, Graham Henry says the All Blacks are proud of what they do and take role modeling seriously. He says the haka's actions are traditional Maori actions, and their meaning has been gone into in great depth by people who are responsible for Rugby in New Zealand.

Graham Henry says the Australians should look at their own society and backyard before firing shots at NZ.

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Meanwhile the All Blacks are backing their current lineout systems to work tomorrow night in Brisbane.

The lineout has been one inconsistent area all season, although last time out against the Wallabies the New Zealand jumpers had a solid evening.

Ali Williams says they have worked this week on running through routines. He says they are not panicking about the line-out, adding it is just a case of sticking to the basics.

Ali Williams says other teams try all sorts of illegal tactics to try to disrupt them, and they just need to be more switched on.

- NEWSTALK ZB