adidas store visit: Dan Carter, Isaia Toeava, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Brendon Leonard and Byron Kelleher entertain the fans at an autograph session in Hamilton.

Test review: World Cup winning All Black Alan Whetton takes a look at the loss against the Wallabies last Saturday night.

Test wrap: Watch the highlights form Saturday’s test against Australia in Melbourne.

The lineout is one of Rugby Union's methods of restarting play. In fact the law book provides a very good definition of what a lineout is: "The purpose of the lineout is to restart play, quickly, safely and fairly, after the ball has gone into touch, with a throw-in between two lines of players."
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Donna Gee believes Argentina's shock series win over the Irish was meaningless and that Brian O'Driscoll's men will be a real threat in France in September.
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New Zealand get off to a Philips Tri Nations flier in Durban - but not before South Africa's tough guys show the ugly side of their game.
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Dear Diary, up around 8.30am and had a shower and then it was down to breakfast. I’m rooming with the ‘Hit Man’ Jerry Collins and I know him pretty well from when I played for the Hurricanes in 2006.
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Dear Diary, I was up about 7.30am today, which is pretty early but I wanted to get to the gym first thing.
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Second day in camp and I was up around 7.30am. I had a late night last night but I’m normally up as soon as it’s daylight – don’t see any point hanging around in bed if there’s work to be done.
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