The haka and the size of players have been the key changes to the All Blacks since the side first ran out in 1903.

1. 'Ban it' - cry of the Aussie loser

Wallabies never give up despite power of All Blacks, writes Andrew Slack

1. photos Photos: Key moments in the All Blacks v Springboks test (10 photos)

Grudging respect mutual for bitter enemies, writes Andrew Austin. Legendary Springbok rugby player Boy Louw summed it up best: "When South Africa plays New Zealand, consider your country at war". The relationship…

Born in controversy, saturated in acrimony and degenerating into woeful disparity, the rugby rivalry between Wales and the All Blacks couldn't ever be called a feel-good story. Not for the Welsh, anyway. And if that's…

1. Rugby: Henson to get shot at RWC

Title of underdog suits them well, the nothing-to-lose attitude, writes Henri Bru

1. Memorable moments: Shock loss put NZ side in their place

It came in the final moments on one of the biggest sporting stages. Jonah Lomu the "rhinoceros in ballet shoes" powered along the touchline to score the winning try against the world champion Australians in front of the…

1. Top 10 wins against the Springboks

Christian Cullen's astonishing try at Carisbrook against the Wallabies in the Tri-Nations test of 1997 was but one of many remarkable aspects of what was a somewhat freakish test. French referee Joel Dume, apparently…

1. video All Blacks: Competition within team is good

Jonah Lomu scored so many spectacular tries at his peak in the mid-1990s that deciding which was his greatest can only be a subjective judgment. But the try which has come to most exemplify the extraordinary impact Lomu…

1. Memorable moments: It's over to you, Colt

Two scores in 1987 Cup set Kirwan's credentials as a great wing

1. Great tries: Test revenge is sweet

Poverty Bay and Hawkes Bay players on Rugby Park in Gisborne on July 10, 1971 would have wondered what was going on when the crowd erupted as they slugged it out in a dour wet-weather encounter. Those in the grandstand…

1. Moments of infamy: Prop's fall from grace