Israel Dagg is my new All Black hero. After last night’s world cup game against France, Israel played a wonderful game and got two tries. He defended brilliantly and helped me get over the incredible nerves I had in the first 15 minutes. I remember the 2007 quarter final SO well! After our first 3 tries, I felt so much more relaxed. I had a continuous text conversation with my son, Mike in Melbourne, where he was watching the game in a pub with many other NZers. He was at that infamous quarter final in Cardiff in 2007 and did remind him the Frence had come from behind on more than one occasion!