Hundreds of mostly young rugby fans queued up to meet their All Blacks heroes in Christchurch today.
Captain Richie McCaw, halfback Aaron Smith and prop Owen Franks spent an hour signing autographs and having photographs taken with fans at the city's adidas store in Westfield Riccarton mall.Charlie Reeves met his idol McCaw this morning, seven years after he last met him - as a 2-month old baby on the player's return to New Zealand after the disastrous 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign.
His mum Leesa Reeves said they drove up from Geraldine in South Canterbury this morning.
It was worth the drive, she said.