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All Blacks: Secrecy surrounds ABs' training
The All Blacks suspect the Springboks knew the NZers' lineout calls prior to the Bloemfontein test.
The All Blacks suspect the Springboks knew the NZers' lineout calls prior to the Bloemfontein test.
Stephen Donald certainly has the backing of assistant coach Wayne Smith.
Props are not supposed to be in a hurry, but new All Black Owen Franks is a bolt from the blue.
Introducing a second referee to top level rugby is a possible solution to offside play that is strangling the All Blacks' counter-attack, according to assistant coach Wayne Smith.
The "heat" is coming on some senior All Blacks backs who will need improved test performances against South Africa here on Sunday morning (NZT) to ensure ongoing Tri-Nations selection.
For a man whose rugby career has exploded in the space of three months, it's little wonder Owen Franks is relaxed about making his first All Blacks test start in the furnace of Durban.
South Africa have shown their hand - they will kick the leather off the ball in this weekend's Tri-Nations rugby test.
One of the more dizzying climbs into All Blacks rugby sped up today when Owen Franks was asked to anchor the scrum from the outset against South Africa.
He's short, he's polite and he's dangerous. New Springbok flanker Heinrich Brussow is causing the All Blacks all manner of grief.
The All Blacks began preparations for the second test against South Africa with a swim in the Indian Ocean before a light training session in Durban.
The All Blacks have always targeted this weekend in Durban as the winnable fixture on their two-test tour of South Africa, according to Springboks coach Peter de Villiers.
The All Blacks are set to persist with width in the Tri-Nations rematch against South Africa in Durban on Sunday morning.
The All Blacks' two pack enforcers agree the forwards should have done more at the coalface to prevent the Springboks clamping control of the Tri-Nations test yesterday.
For a gauge on how South African media responded to the Springboks' 28-19 defeat of the All Blacks yesterday, readers needed to look no further than a headline in Afrikaan newspaper Rapport.
The All Blacks' reputation will be at stake this weekend as they try to avoid their worst season in Graham Henry's coaching tenure.