Steve Hepburn

Otago coach Tony Brown will be back next year and the rest of his coaching crew is also set to return.

Different driver it may be but it looks like the same cart, driving on some very familiar roads for the All Blacks tonight.

Like a good jockey, Ben Smith is benefiting from time in the saddle. Smith is having nothing short of a hell of a year.

Ben Smith has made the predicted move to centre, while Andrew Hore will not make any swansong on his home ground as the All Blacks take on the Wallabies at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday.

Dead rubber? Don't tell Steve Hansen that.

Coach Jamie Joseph says the Highlanders are simply doing what other sides have done by boosting their coaching staff.

ITM Cup wraps up this week with its two finals. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the two games, and ponders who is going to come out on top.

As Men in Black comes out again, in its eighth edition, its co-author says this will be the last time it will be seen in this format.

Ma'a Nonu had a forgettable year with the Highlanders but he will be back at Forsyth Barr Stadium straight away next season.

Andrew Hore is still performing and will continue to be picked as long as he does so, All Black coach Steve Hansen says.

It is going to take time for Ben Smith to learn the role of centre, and he is eager to learn.

These halfbacks, they stick together.

Rugby's man of the hour - come forward Kieran the colossus.

Wallabies skipper James Horwill does not want much - just a good day out.

Twenty years ago, Dunedin was well and truly humming as the Wallabies came to town for a Bledisloe Cup test, the only one of the year. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks back at the game and where the 15 men who wore the black jersey have ended up.