Dan Carter at home in Cardiff

In what should be music to the ears of any rugby fan fed up with teams deliberately trying to slow the ball down, Georgia coach Milton Haig insists his side will commit to a free-flowing match when his side meet the All Blacks on Saturday.

Having been kept awake by celebrating supporters at New Zealand’s hotel in Cardiff, Carter claimed his team-mates’.

The All Blacks have gone back to school as they look to lift their game against the unknown threat of Georgia on Friday.

Dan Carter has warned New Zealand’s rivals for the World Cup that the holders have yet to reach the high standards they set for this tournament and even though their progress to the quarter-finals as pool champions may be little more than a formality with matches against Georgia and Tonga to come, their sole focus is on improvement.

“We have played two matches and virtually everyone in the squad has had a run, but even though we have had victories over Argentina and Namibia we need to step things up”, said the outside-half Carter, the record points scorer in worldwide rugby.

New Zealand top the Pool C standings with nine points, four ahead of Argentina.

“They put clips together for the whole team to look at and they present to the team to effectively get our game plan for the way we want to play”.

The view is shared by other All Blacks with Jerome Kaino, back for a fifth time to Cardiff, describing it as “a great stadium and the atmosphere is awesome”.

The 68-cap Whitelock says the All Blacks are relishing the prospect of running out at the Millennium, which he rates as one of the best grounds in the world.

“Obviously we’re not playing Wales this time so it will be slightly different but still a capacity growd”.

“I thought it was a great game”. “The momentum shifted throughout the match”.

“Cardiff is always rugby mad”.

“But he is an awesome player and being able to see what he’s been capable of in the first couple of games he’s a real weapon in their side”.

“I thought the second half by the Welsh was excellent, especially with the numbers of injuries they have had”.

“They’ve got a tough and gnarly forward pack and they love to maul, scrum, pick and go”.