The All Blacks will have to face the music at Twickenham this Saturday after England's successful appeal to Rugby World Cup for permission to jazz up their pre-match entertainment programme with a live rendition of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.

The Rugby Football Union were given the go-ahead by tournament organisers yesterday to wheel out the singer Russell Watson as a prelude to New Zealand's Haka.

Francis Baron, the RFU's chief executive has now been told by RWC that the host unions can, after all, supplement their Stg£5,000 pre-match entertainment budget.

The Scotland centre John Leslie, carried off during the defeat by South Africa, has a sprained ankle and is likely to miss Friday's Group A game against Uruguay.