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Why All Black coach Steve Hansen has been making headlines! Sam says Sir Shag, the man who bleeds black, is going in camp with the Wallabies.
The reaction has bordered on the Blackhearts/Coutts/Team NZ betrayal to begin with, but is slowly dissipating.
Sam has a bit to say on this, including the optics being beyond unusual - even before all the explanations of doing it for his mate Eddie Jones as a favour and assurances he wouldn't don the green and gold tracksuit.
Also, the All Blacks are about to meet the World Champions South Africa at Twickenham and why Upthewahs is a new phrase to get used to. And Sam marks the passing of doyen of the sports writing Ron Palenski.
Chief executive of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in Dunedin, Ron Palenski Photo: Photosport NZ
