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All Blacks: Meet Malakai Fekitoa
New Zealand

All Blacks: Meet Malakai Fekitoa

New All Black centre Malakai Fekitoa is set to start for the All Blacks against England in Hamilton on Saturday, Coach Steve Hansen and fellow AB's Aaron Smith, Cory Jane, and Ben Smith tell of his talent and humble potential.

All Blacks: 'Trust your instincts'
New Zealand

All Blacks: 'Trust your instincts'

Malakai Fekitoa will make his starting debut for the All Blacks this weekend but that honour could have easily belonged to Beauden Barrett. Hansen is also trusting Fekitoa will make a difference in midfield on Saturday night.'Trust your instincts'

Rugby Herald: 'All Blacks to win'
New Zealand

Rugby Herald: 'All Blacks to win'

The Rugby Herald team of Gregor Paul and Nigel Yalden are in Hamilton at the All Black team naming and give their thoughts on the 3rd test against England and the changes to both teams.

AB's 'Foot on the throat'
New Zealand

AB's 'Foot on the throat'

The All Blacks are preparing for the 3rd test in Hamilton, Aaron Cruden and Dan Coles are wanting to make it a clean sweep while Asst coach Ian Foster loses Conrad Smith to injury but welcomes back Kieran Read to the All Blacks.

AB's: 'Make it tough for them'
New Zealand

AB's: 'Make it tough for them'

All Blacks centre Conrad Smith will miss the third test against England and is in doubt for the remainder of the Super Rugby season after breaking a bone in his hand. Richie McCaw and Steve Hansen front the Hamilton media as they look to continue to 'make things tough for England.

All Blacks: Another record in sight
Sport|rugby

All Blacks: Another record in sight

Now sitting one short of the record for major test playing nations, the All Blacks will certainly deserve all the accolades coming their way if No17 is accrued in Hamilton next week.

All Blacks: 'We want 3-0'
New Zealand

All Blacks: 'We want 3-0'

Hear the All Blacks post match after their 28-27 victory against England, Brodie Retallick, Jerome Kaino, Ben Smith and Ma'a Nonu tell what the match was like.

McCaw: 'Don't want to be second'
New Zealand

McCaw: 'Don't want to be second'

No one does matter of fact quite like Richie McCaw. He hasn't bought into any of the hype and theories washing around in Dunedin in the build up to Saturday's test. For him, it has been business pretty much as usual. But not quite. There has been a little extra edge and tension within the All Blacks. Not because they are feeling the external pressure - but because, despite winning in Auckland, they didn't meet their own high standards.

AB's: Savea's 'size and speed' key
New Zealand

AB's: Savea's 'size and speed' key

The All Blacks are primed and ready for England, coach Steve Hansen and players Jerome Kaino, Aaron Cruden, Ben Smith and returning juggernaut Julian Savea want to deliver a performance to be proud of.

All Blacks: 'We won't panic'
New Zealand

All Blacks: 'We won't panic'

True to form, All Black coach Steve Hansen has resisted personnel change as a means to lift performance in Dunedin for the second test against England, opting to make just one injury-enforced amendment to the starting XV.

Rugby Herald: AB's Beast is back
New Zealand

Rugby Herald: AB's Beast is back

Gregor Paul from the NZ Herald and Radio Sports Nigel Yalden are in Dunedin for the 2nd Test between the All Blacks and England, they give their expert opinion and analysis of coach Steve Hansen's team with the return of Julian Savea to the wing.

All Blacks: 'Let ourselves down'
New Zealand

All Blacks: 'Let ourselves down'

The All Blacks have had an honest review after the first test, Sam Whitelock and Conrad Smith say the individual skills weren't good enough and while they expect England to improve... they don't want a poor performance again.

Rugby Herald: AB's win ugly
New Zealand

Rugby Herald: AB's win ugly

Radio Sports Nigel Yalden and New Zealand Herald's Patrick McKendry from the 1st Test at Eden Park give their opinion on this ugly, wart-ridden test that had a save-all redeeming feature in that the the All Blacks won it 20 -15 over England.

Photos: More Ma'a Nonu
Sport|rugby

Photos: More Ma'a Nonu

Love him or doubt him, everyone has an opinion on Ma'a Nonu. But regardless of whether you've focused on the eyeliner, shaved eyebrow and beaded dreads, or the ball skills, sidestep and line-busting tries, something is missing from the equation: the man himself.

McCaw : All Blacks have 'no excuses'
New Zealand

McCaw : All Blacks have 'no excuses'

It's the first test of the year but for All Blacks captain Richie McCaw there are no excuses for a rusty performance against England. It is the start of a three-match series and another step on the journey to a World Cup defence, however, McCaw the focus had solely been on a one-off performance against Stuart Lancaster's men, the last team to beat the All Blacks when they stunned them at Twickenham at the end of 2012.

All Blacks: 'I love Test night'
New Zealand

All Blacks: 'I love Test night'

All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith talks about his love of 'test day', the haka, and the sea of black that you get when playing at Eden Park. He also reflects on beating and losing to England and the importance of Jerome Kaino returning to the All Blacks.

All Blacks: 'Need to be aware'
New Zealand

All Blacks: 'Need to be aware'

All Blacks backs Israel Dagg and Ben Smith talk tactics and strategy and what they expect from an attacking and physical England backline in the first test at Eden Park.

ABs: 'In the heat of battle'
New Zealand

ABs: 'In the heat of battle'

All Black tight forwards Sam Whitelock and Dan Coles give their opinions on the England challenge in Saturdays first test match, and coach Steve Hansen feels the English team have some advantages over the All Blacks.

ABs: First test team picked
New Zealand

ABs: First test team picked

Both Aaron Cruden and Jerome Kaino have overcome differing doubts to be selected in the run-on XV for the first test against England, with Steve Hansen this morning naming a fairly predictable lineup for the encounter at Eden Park.

Rugby Herald: All Blacks team named
New Zealand

Rugby Herald: All Blacks team named

Steve Hansen has selected his team to play the first test against England, The Rugby Herald scribes of Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry, along with Nigel Yalden from Radio Sport give their expert opinion and analysis and a match prediction.

McCaw: 'Send them home sour'
New Zealand

McCaw: 'Send them home sour'

All Blacks captain talks to nzherald.co.nz about new caps joining the All Blacks, his enforced injury lay off from rugby and what he expects from the England team in a three test series.

Rugby: AB's 'The ultimate challenge'
Sport|rugby

Rugby: AB's 'The ultimate challenge'

England centre Jonny May has nothing but respect for the All Blacks, 'they're the best team in the world, they have been throughout my life'. Lock, Joe Launchbery is looking forward to be put to the test against the best in the world.

All Blacks: Read, Cane out of test
New Zealand

All Blacks: Read, Cane out of test

All Blacks No8 Kieran Read has been ruled out of the first test with a recurrence of his concussion symptoms. Fellow loose forward Sam Cane has been ruled out for the series due to a fracture in his knee, and wing Julian Savea is in doubt with a knee problem

Rugby: Injuries hit All Blacks
New Zealand

Rugby: Injuries hit All Blacks

All Blacks No8 Kieran Read has been ruled out of the first test against England at Eden Park on Saturday with a recurrence of his concussion symptoms. On a relatively dramatic morning for the All Blacks, fellow loose forward Sam Cane has been ruled out for the series due to a fracture in his knee, and wing Julian Savea is in doubt with a knee problem of his own.

Rugby: England 'It's about self belief'
Sport|rugby

Rugby: England 'It's about self belief'

England assistant coach Graham Rowntree knows first hand what it's like to win against the All Blacks, he says 'it's all about self belief at the end of the day 'we have enough on our plate without being in awe of the All Blacks'.