Richie McCaw will back up for a third straight week to captain an otherwise second-string All Blacks against the Barbarians.

Springbok wing Bryan Habana fondly recalls how the Barbarians nearly toppled the Wallabies a year ago.

Dumped All Black Joe Rokocoko relishing the chance to play against his old team on Sunday.

All Blacks halfback Brendon Leonard is looking to put an injury-hit season behind him with a strong performance against the Barbarians.

The All Blacks have been told not to drop their standards in a difficult final tour week.

After their best test effort of the year, the All Blacks rugby coaches remain uncertain as to whether their reshuffled roles will continue in 2010.

As the jubilant All Blacks cradled the Dave Gallaher Trophy at Stade Velodrome, they reflected on a night when they did themselves, and test rugby, a huge favour.

The All Blacks will be poring over video footage to corroborate their belief Tony Woodcock was heavily eye-gouged.

A stirring pre-test address from Jonah Lomu helped lift the All Blacks to their best rugby test performance of the year against France.

No question - the All Blacks kept their best for last on this tour.

It was a long wait, but it was worth it as the All Blacks finally roared into gear to hammer France today.