'Fully loaded' All Blacks out to preserve Scotland record

Having worked under Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend with both Glasgow Warriors and Scotland, Blair retains a strong relationship with his former international team-mate.

"We've been in touch this week," Blair said. "When I was over after the fourth Test [against South Africa], I was over for a couple of weeks and caught up with them and make a point to do that.

"We're just a little bit more cagey around certain things, how we believe the game's developing now and what we can do, because obviously we're up against each other now and I think we play each other before the World Cup as well.