Gordon Tietjens takes on All Blacks training

It's taken almost two decades to cadge an invite but Gordon Tietjens' first involvement with the All Blacks might just turn out to be a World Cup clincher.
Tietjens will attend two one-day sessions in Wellington this week and next as the All Blacks coaching trio pull together their first group of players to prepare for the Tri-Nations.
Twenty-five players have been named for a two-day camp in Wellington starting today, all from Super Rugby teams which did not qualify for the finals playoffs, meaning Crusaders and Blues personnel are missing.
Tietjens, who recently led his side to their ninth world series title, will conduct a training run on the second day of the camp tomorrow.
It was the first time Tietjens had been invited to contribute to the All Blacks in a training camp scenario, although it's highly he'll leave his full bag of tricks at home, resisting the urge to flog the World Cup contenders to within an inch of their lives.
"I don't think Graham (Henry) wants me down there breaking any of his players," Tietjens laughed.
"I don't know what they're expecting - some of the players I've had some involvement with at sevens level will probably be a bit nervous but I'm not going to hammer them too hard, although I'm not telling them that yet."
'It'll be as much an insight for me into the workings of the All Blacks as it will them for my methods."
Tietjens has worked with many of the World Cup hopefuls, taking Ben Smith, Zac Guildford, Hosea Gear and Liam Messam to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi last year where they won their fourth consecutive gold.
He said there was little to be gained if he bashed the players (he'll be working mainly with the backs) too hard during his 90-minute session.
"Having worked with guys like Cory (Jane), Hosea (Gear) and Milsy (Mils Muliaina) before I know how they operate in a sevens environment.
"What I'm keen on observing it how guys like Aaron Cruden and Richard Kahui respond to a sevens workload.
"They'll arrive at each of my sessions warmed up and I've explained to Graham it'll be length of the field stuff, a lot of sevens skills with a focus on proficiency, with hopefully some time to finish with a bit of seven-on-seven as well."
The players invited to the first camp:
Chiefs: Ben Afeaki, Hikawera Elliot, Richard Kahui, Brendon Leonard, Liam Messam, Mils Muliaina and Sitiveni Sivivatu.
Hurricanes: Aaron Cruden, Hosea Gear, Andrew Hore, Cory Jane, Ma'a Nonu, Conrad Smith, Neemia Tialata, Victor Vito and Piri Weepu.
Highlanders: Jimmy Cowan, Tom Donnelly, Jarrad Hoeata, Colin Slade, Ben Smith and Adam Thomson.
Injured players: Israel Dagg, Isaia Toeava and Tony Woodcock.