All Blacks hotel room in Sydney 'bugged'

The All Blacks have been training in Sydney ahead of their first Bledisloe Cup game against Australia's Wallabies (Reuters)

New Zealand Rugby says a hotel room where the All Blacks held meetings in Sydney was bugged before a match against Australia.

The New Zealand Herald reported that a "sophisticated" listening device had been concealed in a chair.

The All Blacks are due to play the Wallabies on Saturday.

The CEO of New Zealand Rugby, Steve Tew, said in a statement that Australian police and the Australian Rugby Union had been informed.

He said: "We are taking this issue very seriously, and given it will be a police matter, it would not be prudent to go into further details."