The New Zealand All Black fron row of Greg Somerville, Anton Oliver and Greg Feek against Italy in their match in Genoa.

The All Black front row of Kees Meeuws, left Anton Oliver, centre and Carl Hoeft, right packs down at training at the Adidas Instute Of Rugby, Palmerston North, in preparation for the up coming second test against Scotland, at Eden Park, Auckland.

Highlanders captain Anton Oliver, all smiles after his teams 2616 win over the Hurricanes in the Super 12 rugby at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand, Friday, April 22, 2005.

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Anton Oliver at a press conference in Dunedin after being named new All Black captain to take the team through to the 2003 Rugby World Cup.