One Australian newspaper is lamenting the fact that Kiwi teen golf sensation Lydia Ko could have been claimed as one of their own.

Ireland's Kiwi coach Joe Schmidt was taken to hospital shortly after his team's thrilling 26-23 win over the Wallabies this morning, according to Irish media.

The margin of victory looks flattering, but the All Blacks were again asked to dig extremely deep for it.

In a year of winning ugly, it was fitting the All Blacks had to graft and grind yet another victory that owed everything to their character and resilience.

Join us here for today's live blog of the rugby international between the All Blacks and Wales from Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.

Valerie Adams won the 2014 women's world athlete of the year award at a gala event in Monaco this morning.