No single hand has made quite the immediate impact in international rugby as Sonny Bill Williams' right mitt.

Tracey Nelson, stats guru for haka.co.nz, looks at the key numbers heading into Sunday's All Blacks test vs Ireland.

Brad Thorn is a late withdrawal from the All Blacks side to face Ireland, with Anthony Boric stepping up.

Dylan Cleaver catches up with two ex-All Blacks who helped Munster upset the Wallabies mid-week.

The Sonny Bill Williams experiment has been placed on the back burner for the Irish leg of the All Blacks Grand Slam rugby tour.

Finessing the All Blacks scrum is a priority after victories over England and Scotland were marred by technical infringements.

ABs captain Richie McCaw is honest enough to acknowledge he has rubbed too many opponents up the wrong way to bear grudges.

Veteran and staff plot comeback from Achilles operations.

Peter de Villiers is worried his entire squad may have taken a banned substance that has seen two players fail doping tests.

The affliction is hereditary and it's one Daniel Braid has grudgingly learned to live with.

All Black coach Graham Henry yesterday promised few changes for the team to play Ireland this weekend.

Hong Kong to Herzogenaurach, Ali Williams has done the hard yards to keep his All Blacks rugby revival on track.

In such a dominating performance it's no surprise the All Blacks dominated the statistics in their big win over Scotland.

Richie McCaw and Mils Muliaina were forced out of the spotlight by a man who has accumulated 90 fewer test caps than they have.

Forty years on, Sonny Bill Williams is doing a decent impersonation of the Colin Meads. Frequently.