It was said to have occurred in a private room at the Hilton Hotel, in Auckland, early on Sunday after the defeat by New Zealand's All Blacks.
The Wallabies rugby union team is third in the world rankings - above England and France - but it has not won the Bledisloe Cup against New Zealand's mighty All Blacks for a decade.
Gibson has been linked with Borders in Scotland and Bristol Shoguns, but is looking less likely to leave New Zealand after returning to the All Blacks side.
Johnson has six weeks to finalise the coaching team for first a Twickenham date with the Barbarians on 1 June (the day after the Guinness Premiership final), and the tour to New Zealand featuring Tests against the All Blacks on 14 and 21 June.
Full-back Cashmore has played for the All Blacks, New Zealand Maori and New Zealand sevens team as well turning out for the Blues Super 12 franchise between 1996 and 2000 before a stint playing in Japan.
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The Lions enjoyed their most successful period in the early 1970s with the 1971 team -- inspired by the Welsh half-back pairing of Gareth Edwards and Barry John -- triumphing against the All Blacks in New Zealand.
The French were dreadful against New Zealand - it was just that the All Blacks lowered their standards.
Hayman is set to be one of several high-profile All Blacks to leave New Zealand after the World Cup.
In the rugby sevens competition, England and Wales lost out in the quarter-finals to Australia and New Zealand respectively - and it was the All Blacks who would eventually claim the first rugby sevens gold medal.
"I have achieved virtually everything possible in New Zealand rugby and to have represented the All Blacks will always be something very special to me, " added Somerville, who played in both of New Zealand's Tests against England earlier this month.
The islanders lost 29-12 to New Zealand in the semi-final, the All Blacks going on to beat South Africa 24-19, a repeat of last week's final - the Dubai clash claimed by the Springboks.
New Zealand coach Graham Henry hailed the performance as the All Blacks' best of the series, following victories over Australia, Wales and Italy.
O'Driscoll will make his first Lions Test appearance since being spear-tackled out of the 2005 New Zealand tour less than two minutes into the opening All Blacks showdown.
Their teammate Rokocoko is the most-capped winger in New Zealand rugby history, appearing in 68 tests for the All Blacks and scoring 46 tries.
Captain Richie McCaw was able to touch down for New Zealand in the dying stages but the scoreline flattered the All Blacks, who were largely outplayed in the match.
Saints coach Wayne Smith, who is returning to New Zealand to take up a coaching role alongside Graham Henry with the All Blacks, admitted his side were outclassed.
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On an All Blacks post-Grand Slam tour to Milan, New Zealand wing Joe Rokocoko backed the idea of Italy forming a super club to play in the Magners League and Heineken Cup.
But New Zealand Rugby Union deputy chief executive Steve Tew said the financial incentives available to All Blacks stars moving to UK and French teams were too good for the players to turn down.
The All Blacks have a strict policy of only selecting players who play in New Zealand.
It was a 46th All Blacks try on his 64th Test appearance on the day he became New Zealand's most-capped winger.
Ireland have never beaten the All Blacks in 20 attempts although the Irish went close in the two games in New Zealand in 2006.
The Samoan-born forward made 48 appearances in the All Blacks' back-row, starting against Argentina in 2003 and ending in New Zealand's 20-18 2007 Rugby World Cup quarter-final defeat by France in Cardiff.
France find themselves pooled with a Tri-Nations team for the first time in the competition's history, and if New Zealand win their pool, England must do likewise to avoid a quarter-final meeting with the All Blacks.
Before Saturday's defeat to the All Blacks, Gatland insisted he wanted he and his team to earn the respect of New Zealand's rugby public.
He takes over the Waikato number nine jersey from All Blacks scrum-half Byron Kelleher and he intends to keep it until he leaves New Zealand.
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The All Blacks hammered Woodward's weakened England side on a two-Test tour of New Zealand last month, and the Lions coach's comments are sure to fuel the rivalry ahead of next summer's eagerly awaited tour.
Carter is one of 17 players in the current squad who also featured on the last grand slam tour in 2005, only the second time a New Zealand party had beaten England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales on the same tour, following the successful 1978 All Blacks.
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