COMMENT: Elements of the All Blacks' performance against France shows a team which has run out of ideas and lost confidence in its ability to keep the ball.

Chris Rattue rates the players following the All Blacks' 24-19 win over France this morning in Paris.

There were All Blacks heroes across the team in 2016, but the year belonged to Beauden Barrett.

All Black Aaron Smith has been pictured in public with his partner Teagan Voykovich for the first time after his toilet incident earlier this year.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has judged his team's year a successful one after the hard-fought 24-19 victory over France in Paris

If there were any doubt about Beauden Barrett's World Rugby player of the year credentials, he surely proved them once again.

There will be no rock under the towel this summer for the All Blacks after they produced a performance that demanded they dig to the deepest parts of themselves.

There will be no rock under the towel this summer for the All Blacks after they produced a performance that demanded they dig to the deepest parts of themselves.

There has been more bad news for embattled All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith.

The rugby season is just about over. Our rugby experts nominate their highlights, disappointments and biggest surprises, and look forward to next season.

COMMENT: I'm sure Kieran Reid would agree: It's not the jersey that matters, but what the jersey represents, writes Jack Tame.

COMMENT: There's an old Irish proverb which rather splendidly applies to some of the bile displayed after the All Blacks won against Ireland last weekend.

Just like we did when AIG became a permanent brand on the All Black jersey, the outcry could be heard all over the country but does anyone even notice it now?

The All Blacks' season-ending Test with France is shaping up as a battle of the loose forwards, according to blindside Jerome Kaino.

Whatever the cause and the symptom, the All Blacks tread, again, a fine line in Paris.

The overseas adventure is set to go on for some All Blacks, following tomorrow's season-ending match in Paris.

Four France-based ex All Blacks have named their All Blacks Legends XV ahead of the ABs test in Paris tomorrow morning.

They are coming off contract next year, so can the All Blacks retain Aaron Cruden, Ben Smith and Israel Dagg?

The All Blacks know France can be an unpredictable beast, but they have some comfort in knowing they will welcome back Kaino, writes Patrick McKendry.

It feels a little like the world has been upside down when the All Blacks come to France with their discipline under a cloud.

Hard work, discipline and compelling form have earned TJ Perenara the All Blacks number nine jersey ahead of Aaron Smith for the last test of the year.

"I read somewhere that referees treat us differently to everyone else," Steve Hansen says. "But we come out higher on the penalty count most weeks".

Days after revealing the new All Blacks' alternate jersey to very mixed reviews, adidas have made a blunder in a promotional video.

Hard to believe really that this test in Paris is the last the All Blacks will play before they take on the British Lions next winter

The All Blacks have a fine record in France and most notably in Paris, but it doesn't always go well. New Zealand have won 17 of 24

Gregor Paul: A fair process, a fair outcome and it is time for the matter of whether the All Blacks are a dirty team to be laid to rest.

All Black Malakai Fekitoa has been suspended by a disciplinary committee for one week after a reckless, dangerous tackle against Ireland on Sunday.

Sonny Bill Williams, who is expecting his second child with wife Alana Raffie, says that now is "the happiest I've been for a long time".

The last time Julian Savea played France, he left a trail of destruction.

Having the All Blacks in Paris is Christmas come early for the owners of France's Top 14 clubs.