All Blacks Bugged

It appears a listening device was found in the ABs team meeting room hidden inside a chair .The Australian Federal Police are investigating ,if true it will make a mockery of Cheikas assertion that he will not pressure the wallies new skills coach for inside info on the ABs !

 
All Blacks bugged in hotel ahead of Wallabies Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney Breaking 11:15 AM Saturday Aug 20, 2016

A sophisticated listening device was discovered in the All Blacks' team room in their hotel ahead of tonight's test against the Wallabies.

The device - the sort used by law enforcement and spying agencies - had been planted in a chair in the Sydney hotel where the team have been staying since Sunday, the Herald has learned.

Australian police have been alerted and the hotel has launched its own investigation.

A New Zealand Police spokeswoman said it was referring all inquiries about the incident to Australian authorities.

The Herald understands the foam of the seat appeared to have been deliberately and carefully cut to make way for the surveillance device and then sewn or glued back together to be almost undetectable.

It was discovered on Monday after team management asked the security detail looking after them in Australia to sweep the room for bugs.

The Herald has been told that hiding the device was a highly skilled and meticulous act and whoever put it there would have needed a significant amount of time to have pulled off such an accomplished job.

The All Blacks suspected some of their team rooms may have been bugged during last year's World Cup in England but they didn't have the sort of sophisticated equipment they needed to detect any listening devices.

In Sydney, they had access to high level equipment and were able to detect the planted device - but that was after they had held a team meeting in their off-limits room the night before.

If the device was working - and the indications are that it was - then whoever had access to its transmission would have heard the All Blacks' gameplan for tonight's test and their preparation plans for the week.

In a typical test build-up, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen - a former police officer - lays out his expectations on a Sunday and details how he wants his team to play.

A player was sitting on the chair with the planted device but it's believed the bug was hi-tech enough that it wouldn't have affected the quality of the transmission.
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The All Blacks have been aware over the years of various attempts by people to spy on them while they have been training. But while they have suspected that they may have been bugged by listening devices in the past, this is the first time they have found definitive evidence.

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 A new low for the Ozzies, or maybe not

 The ABs should have said nothing and just snuck in some counter espionage with fake calls and such.Or blown a whistle into it and see if Cheika has a burst eardrum hahaha. But it casts the wee wobblies in a really bad light dunnit ?

 Apparently this 5 star hotel's popular with many A list celebrities & the device might've been planted to 'eavesdrop' on them . Sounds  more plausible than bugging an AB teamtalk .

 They seem to have blamed the Wallabies for this even thought they have no proof and no real clue who planted it.

 

rumours saying  the police is investigating 2 south africans who were staying in the hotel and who have been recognized as working for the SARU.

Apparently one of these south africans was also at London's hotel during the WC and was who aroused the suspicion there

 Probably related to Suzzi 

 Beandork and Plum-bob nopants starting up their own conspiracy ! The device apparently cost about 12K so dont think they would leave it behind.

 police suspects is Suzie's son   

One can obly say the hapless kiwis take themselves way to seriously. Pobably just a publicity stunt for their very gullible fans who love to imaginge the wee abs are worth bugging. Hahahahaha

AB Bugging: Evidence implicates Suzzi & Son aka Beeno


     Oh No! His proclivities are showing again