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Suffering their first loss in New Zealand to Argentina in the 2022 Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship still serves as a reminder to the All Blacks, who are preparing for this year's first Championship Test in Wellington on Saturday.

Blues flanker Dalton Papali'i said being at the top of the DHL Super Rugby Pacific points table had lessons for him, and he would use those as the team prepares for the remainder of the season.

'Fire in the belly and ice in the head' will be the combination the All Blacks take into Sunday's (NZT) Rugby World Cup final against old rivals South Africa in Paris.

All Blacks flanker Dalton Papali'i said the week break they had last week had seen significant gains in the physical and mental state of the players ahead of their next Rugby World Cup pool game against Italy in Lyon on Saturday (NZT).

All Blacks flanker Dalton Papali'i will achieve the dream of his life by starting in Saturday's Rugby World Cup opener against France in Paris.

New Zealand will go into Saturday's (NZT) Rugby World Cup opening game with France looking for speed in the loose with captain Sam Cane and Dalton Papali'i named on the flanks of the scrum.

A changed All Blacks loose forward combination of Dalton Papali'i, Akira Ioane, and Ardie Savea will seek to regain lost ground to Australia in that part of their game in the Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship finale at Eden Park on Saturday.

Denying Ireland the chance to get momentum going among their forwards would be crucial to denying them the chance to level the Steinlager Series in Saturday’s second Test in Dunedin.

The All Blacks team has been named to play Ireland at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on Saturday July 9th (Kick off 7.05 PM NZT).

Physicality in northern hemisphere rugby has made its impression on flanker Dalton Papalii, and he's expecting more of the same in Sunday's (NZT) Test against Ireland in Dublin.