While the rest of the world wants to talk about the All Blacks' World Cup quarter-final opponents - either France or Ireland - the men themselves are staying true to their desire to not look beyond the end of each week. In this case that means their final match tomorrow morning against Tonga at St James' Park, Newcastle's famous and intimate football stadium - the home of the Toon Army, the team's supporters who make a virtue of being the "loyal-est in the land".

With the All Blacks in Newcastle are Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry, and from high up in the stands with the AB's captain's run behind them they keep you informed on how the team 'is traveling' as the All Blacks are about to leave pool play and start the quarter-finals.

Radio Sport rugby editor Nigel Yalden talks about the All Blacks at Mowden Park.

The All Blacks are training as hard as they ever have under coach Steve Hansen in order to attempt to prevent a recurrence of their nightmare quarter-final defeat in 2007. Hansen revealed today that one of their lessons from the defeat to France in Cardiff was the fact that they didn't work hard enough off the field. Another was the inconsistency of selection.

All Blacks second five-eight Ma'a Nonu will bring up a big milestone, 100 tests for the All Blacks. Hear from his team mates and coach as they pay respect to a very private and secretly humorous man.

All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw has been ruled out of his team's final World Cup pool match against Tonga in Newcastle with a thigh injury. The injury - suffered in the bruising encounter against Georgia in Cardiff - isn't serious, and All Blacks coach Steve Hansen was at pains to stress his No7 could have played if necessary.

Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry are on tour with the All Blacks in Darlington. There's no McCaw for the match against Tonga, and the message is 'don't panic' while Ma'a Nonu will bring up a big milestone, 100 tests for the All Blacks.

What’s bugging you? Should the All Blacks follow the Wallabies’ twin flanker plan? Herald rugby writer Wynne Gray canvasses this and other issues with former All Black loose forward Richard Turner.

Raw vision of Chris Cairns wearing a dark blue suit leaving Southwark Crown Court who stands trial on charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice.

Witness the two faces of the Rugby World Cup, victory and despair as the coaches of England and Australia face the media post match after England has been bundled out of their own tournament in the pool stage.

All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams praises Johnathan Thurston, who confirmed his place among the game's elite after kicking the North Queensland Cowboys to their maiden premiership with a thrilling 17-16 golden-point win over the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL grand final

The All Blacks reflect on the exit of England from the Rugby World Cup, remembering their own pressures from 2011 and keeping a watchful eye on those Australian loose forwards and scrum.

A selection of the best images taken by Herald photographer Brett Phibbs from the All Blacks Rugby World Cup win over Georgia.

'We don't need to panic' is the suggested headline from All Blacks coach Steve Hansen, speaking to media after the scratchy win against Georgia, Hansen has revealed the AB's are holding back tactics till the knock out stages of the Rugby World Cup.

The All Blacks were eager to show that they have a fifth gear after settling around the third and fourth in their first two victories and in Naholo they have a player with more gears than most. If he is the All Blacks' secret weapon after sitting out the first two matches due to his recovery from a leg fracture, he revealed all after only 1 minute and 13 seconds here with the fastest try of the tournament so far.

Don't panic is the message from the All Blacks as they qualified for the quarter-finals, captain Richie McCaw says 'errors are easy to fix' and coach Steve Hansen says they struggled with the 'lone bullet' defense but will learn and adapt.

Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry in Cardiff review the All Blacks match against Georgia, New Zealand may talk the world out of seeing them as favourites to win this World Cup soon enough. It would be nice to think that's why they bungled their way through against Georgia. It wasn't impressive. Not really any of it - a few nice passages, a thrilling first foray from Waisake Naholo and not not much more.

Tauranga Boys College perform their haka ahead of a tour game against Dublin school St. Michael's College.

One day out from weigh in and two days away from the biggest fight of his career, Daniel "the Hangman" Hooker is relaxed and in peak physical shape heading into his bout with Ultimate Fighter, Latin America winner, Yair Rodriguez on UFC 192 in Houston Texas on Sunday afternoon (NZ time).

Herald League scribes David Skipwith and Michael Burgess discuss Kieran Foran's injury, the Warriors' signing of Jeff Robson, and preview Sunday's NRL grand final between the Broncos and Cowboys.

The All Blacks held a coaching masterclass at a local Cardiff school, teams at Whitechurch High school got hands on training from the Rugby World champions and the AB's left the boys very impressed and surprised.

It was all smiles for the All Blacks as they visited the Teenage Cancer Unit at the University Hospital of Wales the day before the Rugby World Cup match against Georgia.

The All Blacks became Royal tourists as they had a delayed departure from their Captains run before the Georgia match, Prince William had the team bus removed for his motorcade to the Wales v Fiji match at the nearby Millennium stadium.

The All Blacks visited Whitechurch High School, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, before the Pool C match between New Zealand and Georgia.

All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has revealed the teams training have had an edge this week as the side settles down into a playing 23 that will contest the knock quarter-finals, just Georgia and Tonga in the AB's way.

It's tempting to believe there has been a changing of the All Blacks guard in certain positions based on form. Sonny Bill Williams, Charlie Faumuina and Wyatt Crockett all find themselves in a starting XV that remains - everywhere else - absolutely the top side. Their form has been impressive in the first two games while the men they respectively replace - Ma'a Nonu, Owen Franks and Tony Woodcock - have either been quiet or a little bit off where they were expected to be.

The good news for anyone who is a fan of Mamuka Gorgodze's no-nonsense style is that the Georgia skipper is playing against the All Blacks on Saturday morning. The bad news for some of his teammates is that Kiwi coach Milton Haig has decided to rest them for the all-important match against Namibia in Exeter five days after the All Blacks match in Cardiff. The disappointed should have been forewarned, however, as Haig said this was always the plan.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen looks back at his past Rugby World Cup campaigns from 2003 (Wales) to now, casting his opinion also on the captains right to making on-field decisions.

Gilbert Enoka has worked as mental skills coach for the All Blacks for 14 years and All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and veteran back Conrad Smith give an insight into the man who is shrink to our rugby stars for 200 matches.

All Blacks wing Waisake Naholo is ready for the final stage in his recovery from a broken leg - getting on to the playing field - and if his form in training is any indication he shouldn't have too many problems finding his feet in his second test. In preparing for Saturday morning's World Cup pool match against Georgia at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Naholo, back from a cracked fibula suffered on debut against Argentina in Christchurch in July, has been causing problems for his teammates with his unique ability to beat defenders, according to coach Steve Hansen.