While Carter's ability has expanded as he sits one kick adrift of breaking Jonny Wilkinson's record test points haul, his stature has diminished.

Go on Graham Henry. Send the All Blacks out against Wales without Richie McCaw.

He's not Sir Brian Lochore, Mex, Buck or Zinny. But Kieran James Read is getting there.

Brave new Ireland, roared and harried for much of this game but a little like their broken economy, ran out of steam.

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

Sonny Bill Williams is a once-in-a-lifetime player - both on and off the field, Chris Rattue writes.

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

The list of 10 rugby commandments starts and ends with "do not lose to England" especially at the ole cabbage patch in London's southwest.

Unusual. How else do you describe the All Blacks' decision to stick with their diminished numbers for their latest tilt at the Grand Slam?

The Hong Kong test result was a good thing on many levels. Not for Stephen Donald though.

The All Blacks should not have lost that test. It probably won't do them any lasting harm losing that unbeaten record though.