All Blacks

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. 

What happens when the balance between feeding public interest in the All Blacks and protecting the team's image blows up on you?

An effort to shield the under-fire All Blacks coach from a media mauling last weekend fired up commentators already cranky about the high-handedness of rugby bosses. But given the intensity of some…

Ian Foster is expected to be confirmed as coach of the All Blacks today. Audio

Analysis - New Zealand Rugby's backroom staff must face the fire for the All Black's recent sub-par performances and the apparent lack of cohesion within the team, Jamie Wall writes.

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about an outpouring of grief and opprobrium following the All Blacks' home series loss to Ireland, an uproar over a…

The men in green won in a classic decider this weekend - after a win last weekend in which two men in black were carded after clashes of heads. Rugby writers and fans here complained the rules spoiled…

Coach Ian Foster refused to discuss his future with the All Blacks after their 2-1 loss in a three-test series at home against Ireland that ended with a 32-22 defeat in Wellington.

France has displaced South Africa at the top of the world rugby rankings, while New Zealand slumped to an all-time low of fourth.

Analysis - Two decades since the All Blacks last faced off in a bone-chilling test against Ireland in Dunedin, both sides will welcome the chance to play under a roof this weekend, writes Jamie Wall. Video

Crusaders winger Leicester Fainga'anuku will make his All Blacks debut on the wing, while Chiefs loosie Pita Gus Sowakula will debut off the bench in the first test against Ireland.