All Blacks show their musical side in New Zealand Airlines ad

Israel Dagg raps the pre-flight safety briefing to the accompanying track Men In Black

New Zealand top the world rankings on the pitch but some of their players demonstrated that they're pretty slick when it comes to making music videos too.

All Blacks' captain, Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Kieran Read and Sam Whitelock amongst others feature in a clever ad for New Zealand Airlines. Former internationals dressed as devils, Martin Johnson (England), David Campese (Australia) and Agustin Pichot (Argentina) also pop up but the undoubted star is New Zealand fullback Israel Dagg, who is front and centre in rapping the pre-flight safety briefing to the accompanying track Men In Black.

Ireland's Paddy Jackson and Simon Zebo have shown musical pedigree in the past (see YouTube) so maybe they could front an ad campaign for Aer Lingus or Ryanair. 'Green Machine' by Kyuss, 'Green Onions' by Booker T and MGs comes to mind but Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Green River' gets my vote.

John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan is an Irish Times sports writer