Porirua, with its state houses and Jerry Collins Stadium, is a place familiar with hard knocks, and it's here, two days before one

Former Australian winger Clyde Rathbone says the Wallabies are delusional if they think they can beat the All Blacks this weekend.

Richie McCaw hopes tomorrow night's Bledisloe Cup match between the All Blacks and Australia is closer than last week's.

New Zealand's hate affair with Quade Cooper will reach another chapter on Saturday night when the Auckland-born Wallabies number 10 takes in the field in Wellington.

The TAB are paying a miniscule $1.07 for a win to the All Blacks, the lowest pay-out for an All Blacks Bledisloe Cup win in the TAB's 20 year sports betting history.

All the key stats ahead of the second test between the All Blacks and the Wallabies in Wellington.

Steve Hansen says delivering back-to-back quality performances is one of the hardest things to do.

Julian Savea may have struggled for form this season - but his maiden campaign taught him all about overcoming adversity.

The All Blacks' training session tomorrow will take place under a veil of secrecy - but that has nothing to do with 'spygate'.

Steve Hansen is predicting a start for Quade Cooper as the Wallabies attempt to bounce back from their record beating.

WATCH NZH FOCUS: 10 things you need to know about new All Black Anton Lienert-Brown who will start in the number 12 jersey on Saturday.

Phil Kearns will be in the Lions' den when he turns up in the capital to commentate on Saturday night's test between the All Blacks

Former All Black prop Craig Dowd believes the listening device planted in the All Blacks' Sydney hotel room was in place to gain information on the World Cup winners.

Three things you need to know about the All Blacks team to face the Wallabies at Westpac Stadium on Saturday night. The new cap Chiefs

21-year-old Anton Lienert-Brown is the man the All Blacks selectors have chosen to start at No12 in place of the injured Ryan Crotty.

Prop Joe Moody will return from injury to start for the All Blacks against the Wallabies on Saturday, with Anton Lienert-Brown making his test debut.

Do we still care about a player whose skill and influence has waned or is it just the default mechanism?

The news doesn't get any better for the Wallabies. Backing up from Saturday's thrashing at the hands of the All Blacks they now have to break an 18-test losing streak.

COMMENT: The hardest thing for players to learn about test rugby is that a top performance one week provides zero guarantees it can be reproduced.

The All Blacks have suddenly taken on a youthful and inexperienced look after calling up five players who have three test caps between them.

John Key is speaking from experience when he says lots of organisations take precautions against listening devices.

Delay in reporting the discovery of a listening device in Sydney last week may have fallen foul of World Rugby's anti-corruption regulations.

Don't worry, the All Blacks don't have a secret new training ritual involving alcohol.

World Rugby are taking seriously the discovery of a listening device in the All Blacks' hotel in Sydney.

The Wallabies face the stark prospect of becoming only the second Australian team in the professional era to lose seven games in a row.

COMMENT: Something has to change for the Wallabies, they can't do in Wellington next Saturday what they did in Sydney because they will get beaten by more.

When sportspeople have reason to suspect someone has gone so far as to bug their team room, something has gone wrong.

If the All Blacks' discovery of a listening device was a surprise, so too has been the response of the game's governing bodies.

There is a scary thing for other rugby nations to contemplate about the latest version of the All Blacks, writes Chris Rattue.

The All Blacks have been asked today whether they are "paranoid" for taking extra security arrangements.