16 Sep 2008

Australian official tells ABs about TV spies

6:36 am on 16 September 2008

All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen says an Australian official told them after Saturday night's Tri-Nations triumph in Brisbane that Channel Seven secretly filmed at least one All Blacks training run and passed the footage on to the Wallabies.

Both the Australian team, and a Channel Seven cameraman, who did admit filming a 2-and-a-half minute news item through trees, vigourously deny the All Blacks' spying claim.

Hansen says it's disappointing to think that on future trips to Australia, it's going to be difficult for the public to watch them train.