All Blacks: Players determined to protect home record

If you are not seeing this page correctly please All Blacks: Players determined to protect home record The All Blacks have finally admitted they are driven by their astonishing home ground rugby winning streak. Their world record run of success has stretched out to 29 tests and will come under extreme pressure from world champions South Africa in Tri-Nations tests at Wellington on Saturday and in Dunedin a week later. In recent seasons New Zealand players and management have played down the record as irrelevant but centre Conrad Smith broke ranks when asked if he was keen to maintain their 10-year run of success at home to the Springboks. "We take a lot of pride, not just against the Boks but whoever we're playing at home," Smith said. "We've had a pretty good record of late and you never like to lose, particularly when... [read full story]