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Mon 08 Aug 2001Time to end spying says All Black coachAll Blacks coach Wayne Smith believes the time has come for a "gentlemen's agreement" to end the employment of training ground spies in the build-up to major internationals.Smith said in Auckland today his team had been a victim of the practice and he would welcome a verbal understanding with his Tri-Nations rivals to end the employment of spies.