They are the form team of the competition and unquestionably New Zealand's number one team,

They are the form team of the competition and unquestionably New Zealand's number one team; it's a great challenge for us,

Lies can be created and destroyed however truth can only be transformed from one form to the other without changing the sense.

We had the Colonial Cup competition where they had a five-team competition, then now we have the six-team competition on top of that so local players have twice the opportunity to show selectors what they have.

They were in midseason form during the summer. They lost one starter off a great team. They're even better this season.

The number one ranked team is playing the number 10 ranked team. That's the reality.