Radio Sport rugby editor Nigel Yalden reports on day eight of the rugby World Cup in England.

Thousands turned out at London's Canary Wharf at the AIG fan zone to see All Blacks captain Richie McCaw at the AIG fan zone.

All Blacks Asst coach Ian Foster gives his frank assessment of the AB's play and attitude in the match against Namibia. When the game got slow he says the All Blacks lost their form.

All Blacks back Colin Slade reflects upon the tradition of beers with the opposing team after the contest on the pitch and what the Namibian team did when invited into the All Blacks changing room post match.

The All Blacks plan was always to have Waisake Naholo target the Georgia match in Cardiff as his return to the AB"s after being injured after just 45 mins of International rugby. The flying Fijian is ready to go but still need to learn more about how to play for the All Blacks.

The All Blacks' emerged from their clash against Namibia with a 58-14 win but without too much praise of the world's media. Here's how it unfolded thanks to photos from NZ Herald's Brett Phibbs.

The All Blacks players know that they didn't play to their potential against Namibia and 'don't need the coaches to tell us that'. Hear from Sonny Bill Williams, Jerome Kaino and Nehe Milner- Skudder as they reflect upon a frustrating victory.

It's not often the All Blacks can score more than 50 points and not feel good about life. But there you go - that's what happens when the world's best team has to play the weakest at this World Cup. The reasons why the All Blacks won't be feeling great are several. They didn't ever find the flow and cohesion they were after.

New All Blacks captain Sam Cane in the gym.

The most explosive centre pairing in world rugby could become even more dangerous if Sonny Bill Williams continues to teach All Blacks teammate Malakai Fekitoa the art of the offload. The duo will link up for the first time against Namibia in the All Blacks second pool C Rugby World Cup match on Friday morning NZT.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and loose forward Victor Vito look ahead to the second match of pool C against Namibia.

To those outside the camp, the elevation of Cane to the captaincy has most likely come as a giant surprise. But those inside the camp see Cane's elevation as a natural and expected progression. Hear what his fellow AB's think about the latest man to lead New Zealand national side.

Sam Cane will captain the All Blacks in their World Cup pool game against Namibia on Friday, an honour which could be the first of many for him. Aged 23 and eight months, Chiefs flanker Cane will be the fifth youngest All Blacks captain ever. He will take over that ranking and the captain's role from Richie McCaw, who was aged 23 and 10 months when he first captained the team in November 2004.

The All Blacks have a new captain against Namibia in their second Rugby World Cup match, Sam Cane steps into the shadow of Richie McCaw as Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry give their expert opinion and analysis.

Radio Sport's Nigel Yalden gives a quick breakdown of all the latest news from the Rugby World Cup.

Head All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and AB's centre Conrad Smith reflect on the opening Argentine match the day after and Smith reveals he apologised to the team for being 'yellow carded'.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen reflects upon the significance of the Japanese victory and how the Springboks will rise again in the Rugby World Cup.

On tour with the All Blacks during RWC2015 are Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry, hear what they think of the Argentina v All Blacks match and how both teams will process towards the possible semi-finals.

The All Blacks beat Argentina 26-16 at Wembley to start their Rugby World Cup campaign, hear what the fans thought about the match, the yellow cards, and if the AB's can win the Rugby World Cup.

All Blacks fans and Puma fans are starting to gear up for the match at Wembley.

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has issued an apology to his country after the extraordinary loss to Japan in Brighton. He has described the performance as "unacceptable". Eddie Jones from Japan says he's 'getting to old for this excitement'.

Veitchy discusses Japan's unexpected victory over South Africa today during the Rugby World Cup

It was the kickers time to shine at Wembley as Dan Carter and Beauden Barrett got down to business at the world's most famous stadium. Head Coach Steve Hansen isn't afraid of his teams favoritism as they finally get to kick off Rugby World Cup 2015.

New Zealand Herald's Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry are sideline at Wembley Stasdium as the All Black kickers Dan Carter and Beauden Barrett practice ahead of the All Blacks World cup opener against Argentina.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen reverses traditional roles and interviews the New Zealand Herald rugby experts Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry.

A slideshow of the opening match of the Rugby World Cup 2015 between England and Fiji. Photos / Brett Phibbs

The ceremony opened with a film showing the history of the sport and its English roots from the playing fields of Rugby School in 1823 and the moment the young William Webb Ellis caught the ball and decided to run with it. This is the moment William Webb Ellis changed sporting history and invented the game of Rugby.

The All Blacks are defending champions and have had an incredible four years since they won the 2011 tournament. Nothing says that better, or more starkly illustrates the success they have had, than the fact pretty much everyone in the country was expecting this team to be named.

There's something reassuring about the side the All Blacks have picked for the opening game. There's the familiarity of the names for a start. Has there ever been an All Black side with this many automatic picks? It is full of men who have been around for so long no one can remember a time when they weren't All Blacks.

The heavy artillery has been wheeled out by All Blacks coach Steve Hansen for the team's first World Cup match against Argentina, over 1000 test caps will start in the AB's first Rugby World Cup match. Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry review the team selection.