Keven Mealamu

Where do you go after you've been thrashed by your traditional rivals, your 10th defeat of a wretched season which shows no sign of getting better any time soon?

Ten-year All Black veteran Keven Mealamu is in a tight medical battle to keep his place for the June test series.

All Black, Blues and Auckland hooker Keven Mealamu has re-signed with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) and the Blues franchise through until 2013.

All Blacks hooker Keven Mealamu seems destined to be a spectator as the Blues seek to keep their faint Super 14 rugby playoff hopes alive against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Sunday (NZT).

Skipper Keven Mealamu wants to see the Blues do the business first before he celebrates a personal Super 14 rugby milestone on Friday night.

The death of the niece of All Blacks hooker Keven Mealamu at a family touch tournament at an Auckland secondary school is being investigated as a workplace accident.