16 Jul 2009

Donald goes into test with plenty of confidence

11:38 am on 16 July 2009

The All Black first-five Stephen Donald says after three or four days of good training and goal-kicking he's confident he's ready for the Tri nations test against Australia in Auckland.

A hamstring injury kept Donald out of the Italy test in Christchurch and last week's two day camp in Wellington.

But he says things looked up after full out speed training with winger Sitiveni Sivivatu in Hamilton on Saturday.

After getting through two days team training Donald was named yesterday ahead of Luke McAlister and he knows there'll be no time to settle into his game at Eden Park on Saturday night.