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SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Carter New Zealand Fly Half

"The excitement levels are right up there. There has been fantastic preparation and it's good to be here in London on the eve of our first game. I can assure to you myself and the rest of the team are pretty excited about tomorrow. We've actually had to pull back a little bit on the excitement to work on our accuracy but in saying that, tomorrow can't come quick enough."

SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Carter - New Zealand Fly Half

"That's the challenge that we are walking towards. The one that we love. The fact that the All blacks never won a World Cup away from home. That's something that excites this team and that's what we are working hard to do. You have to play well in the pool stages to give yourselves at least a shot of play off rugby which we hope to do."

SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Hansen New Zealand coach

"We've got a group in the middle that have been slowly brought into the team probably between 2011 and 2012 and they have accumulated a quite number of test caps as well, supporting that group, and then there is a small number of guys who have just probably played just under 10 test matches. We are a very talented group. I'm luck to have it"

SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Hansen New Zealand coach

"I don't think that we should be afraid of the favoritism tag. That's something that we live with all of the time anyway. And we shouldn't be afraid of all the expectations that come with being the All Blacks, because you get that all the time anyway. We are expected to win every test match so there is no more added pressure for us. If you look at where we live most of the time on the pressure scale. There is just a genuine excitement about trying to do something that every team that has come to the World Cup is trying to do and that's to win it. And you can't do it unless you go through your pool and play well and qualify. And then keep winning."