I remember, too, a ditty: Fatty, fatty bom bom, curi curi jagung; mata-mata tangkap, masuk dalam lokap (the fat one steals the corn, gets arrested by police and is thrown into the lock-up.

And when a man shooteth, the might of his shoote lyeth on the foremost finger, and on the ringman

That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun.

Tony Woodcock's early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald were enough to see the All Blacks home in an extraordinary match that defied all pre-match predictions.