COMPARED with the teeth-gnashing and caterwauling of despair we witnessed as New Zealand lost six of 14 games played during the 12 months leading up to this Autumn Test Series, the mood around the All Blacks camp at the moment is pretty positive.
The work of Jason Ryan, their new forwards coach poached from Fiji in July, is beginning to deliver dividends, with New Zealand bullying their way to last weekend’s 55-23 win over Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.