All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have today named the team to play France at Stade Velodrome, Marseille, on Saturday 28 November, in the fifth Test of the All Blacks Telecom Northern Tour.

By Mark Geenty of NZPA

Cardiff, Nov 6 NZPA - The All Blacks will join their Welsh rivals in wearing poppies on their rugby jerseys here tomorrow as the teams mark Remembrance Day with a pre-test ceremony.

Close on 60,000 New Zealanders who traveled from the "uttermost ends of the earth" to the Great War became casualties during the battles for the Western Front. 18 thousand, six times the death toll at Gallipoli, would never return home.

By Daniel Gilhooly of NZPA

Wellington, June 21 NZPA - While the All Blacks' emotions churned over the loss of the Dave Gallaher Cup, there is no doubt how France were feeling after the two-test rugby series was squared 1-1 here last night.

Croissants, vin rouge and champagne rugby will be on the menu at Carisbrook next year when France play a test in Dunedin for the first time.

The New Zealand Rugby Union announced today the French would meet the All Blacks in the opening match of the Iveco Series on June 13.