The All Blacks are rallying around each other after learning of Sean Wainui's passing

The squad had just landed from a more than day long journey from Queensland to the United States as the news began to break.

Hooker Codie Taylor, who played with Wainui at the Crusaders, says his thoughts first and foremost go to Wainui's whanau.

He says the squad are coming to terms with the shock.