An East Auckland cafe owner is so confident the All Blacks will win the Rugby World Cup that he's willing to bet your breakfast on it.

Live updates and stats from the Rugby World Cup pool A clash between South Africa and USA.

Steve Hansen calms fears on All Blacks captain's thigh injury: "We're okay with it and people who are anxious about it don't need to be anxious."

The All Blacks side to play Tonga on Saturday has been named. There's no McCaw, but Ma'a Nonu will bring up a big milestone.

Fiji may be exiting at the pool stage but one newspaper thinks if the island nationa unleashed their full potential they "would have beaten England, Wales and possibly Australia".

OPINION: The man in the middle of the All Blacks Georgia mess remains untouched - why, asks Chris Rattue.

With two Rugby World Cup games tomorrow morning Scott Yeoman looks at seven things you need to know going into tonight.

All Blacks have had to get used to being bit-player when it comes to global television audiences so far at the World Cup.

COMMENT: They will be gone as World Cup contenders, writes Chris Rattue.

All Blacks use their day off to have a wander through historic towns, including one which is home to UK's best pies.

There may be a bit of tinkering on the bench but other than that, it's hard to see many other changes from the side side that went up against Georgia.

There's no qualifying pressure on the Wallabies and Wales but that will not reduce the significance of their final pool game showdown, writes Wynne Gray.

Live updates and stats from the Rugby World Cup pool A clash between Fiji and Uruguay.

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: Soccer legend revs up Argentina and England find a scapegoat for crashing out of World Cup.

Wallabies lineout general Rob Simmons has dared their World Cup rivals to attack Australia's set-piece

There are good reasons why the All Blacks are happier so far than many feel they have the right to be.

Steve Deane looks at seven things you need to know for the Rugby World Cup going into tonight.

Time to say goodbye, sadly, to one of the most flamboyant figures in the World Cup.

The Wallabies' ploy has paid dividends but All Blacks won't be copying it anytime soon.

Wales coach thinks Group of Death is the Group of Hell, but for viewers it has been anything but, writes Dylan Cleaver.

Predictions that England's exit would prove a financial catastrophe equivalent to the Great Depression appear to have been about as accurate as the doomsday effect of the Y2K bug.

It's official - victory celebrations can be as much a hazard to a star player's health as the opposition. Ask Australians Johnathan Thurston and Bernard Foley.

All Blacks' error-rate means it's no longer realistic to have them in the top spot, writes Dylan Cleaver. So who has taken their place?