Mick Byrne, the former All Blacks skills coach now with the Wallabies, says he was not surprised by the rustiness of his old team during the British and Irish Lions series. "He’s not going to travel that far to come and see me and I wasn’t going to go that far to see him," Byrne said of Hansen. "I feel it’s extra special," he said. "But it’s extra special for me — and this is not being corny — [because I’ve spent] the last four weeks with these guys. I think the extra special part is waiting to see these guys out on the field.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 18, 2017 18:17 UTC