Graham Henry refutes the claim the All Blacks showed France no respect prior to the Dunedin test.

Chris Rattue dishes out his prizes for the best and worst of 2009.

It is not just the All Blacks' season in the dock at Marseille on Sunday morning, the game itself is facing an increasingly hostile jury.

It will be the blue wave versus the black wave on Sunday morning.

Will it be all white on the night, or will the cunning French give the All Blacks some real rugby blues?

Keeping his All Blacks fresh and alert after a marathon rugby season is the major concern for coach Graham Henry after he named a full-strength side to face France.

The All Blacks have picked their strongest available side to try to exact revenge on France.

If you're looking for a good bet to make on this weekend's All Black test, put some money on one of the French players being sent off.

Deans was supposed to raise the bar, not drop it into a big vat of porridge.

It all starts up front, but the All Blacks' back-three are looming as their potent weapon against France.

UK rugby writer Stephen Jones has described the All Blacks as one of the worst NZ sides in recent memory.

England were so bad they almost made the All Blacks look good, but Martin Johnson's clunky robots failed in that as well.

There was a typically understated Daniel Carter approach to his achievement of becoming the highest point scorer in New Zealand history.