11.   Mains said the All Blacks failed to vary play enough and get the ball in behind the French to turn them around.

12.   Mains said the players had already accepted they were not equals when it came to their worth as a marketing element.

13.   Mains has always said that he was acting as a mediator between the All Blacks and the union as both the union and the WRC sought player contracts.

14.   Mains said the only common food the players and management had eaten at the meal in question was tea and coffee.

15.   Mains said the shoulder injury to Wilson was not serious and should not keep him out of the second Test.

16.   Mains said there was little flair and imagination from the All Blacks.

17.   Mains said.

18.   Mains said he hoped to field as many Test players as possible at the weekend and then rest them until the first of two clashes with France.

19.   Mains said the breakthrough to professionalism would allow the All Blacks to retain players they would otherwise have lost to league.