Before the All Blacks claimed a win over Italy, departing All Black halfback TJ Perenara slipped a message of support for protests surrounding the Treaty of Waitangi hikoi in the team's performance of Ka Mate.

TJ Perenara has never been one to shy away from making a statement and he did exactly that in his last match for t. Leading the haka for a record 64th time, the halfb

"He said it's sign of unity," Scott Robertson says of the All Black's message of support for the Treaty of Waitangi protests.