All Blacks

The Highlanders halfback was named in today 36-man Alll Black squad for the upcoming three-match series against Ireland. Fakatava joins Aaron Smith and ...

He became eligible for the All Blacks, after completing his three-year stand down period, in late 2020. Had he not suffered an ACL injury, it is likely he would have made his debut for the All Blacks last year. De Groot had backed up his debut international season with a strong Super Rugby season, while Frizell had been in strong form prior to a knee injury that left him out of the majority of the second half of Super Rugby.

June 13, 2022 12:17 pm · Hookers Dane Coles (Hurricanes, Wellington) · Props Aidan Ross* (Chiefs, Bay of Plenty) · Locks Samuel Whitelock (Crusaders, Canterbury)

Beauden Barrett (Blues, Taranaki) Akira Ioane (Blues, Auckland) Scott Barrett (Crusaders, Taranaki)

Halfback Folau Fakatava and former league star Roger Tuivasa-Sheck among the newcomers as one long-serving All Black is cut.

A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. “I don’t think there will be a name pops up way outside the square,” Foster has said. These squad announcements have been taken around various venues in recent years. With the majority of players in last year’s squad identifying as Māori or Pasifika, the All Blacks wanted to do something which recognised how special how that culture is to their players and community.

Six new players have been named in the All Blacks squad to face Ireland in a three match series next month. Folau Fakatava, Stephen Perofeta, Roger Tuivasa.

Beauden Barrett (Blues, Taranaki) Scott Barrett (Crusaders, Taranaki) We have a new group of exciting players who will be keen to make a difference in the All Black jersey.

All Blacks players sing the New Zealand national anthem during The Rugby Championship match between the Argentina Pumas and the New Zealand All Blacks.

They will be reluctant to squeeze him out just yet but he can't be picked indefinitely on past form. Register with us and content you save will appear here so you can access them to read later. Your News is the place for you to save content to read later from any device. It will be a strange case of in with the old and in with the new as we could see as many as six, possibly seven, uncapped All Blacks and yet barely a high-profile casualty. Leicester Fainga'anuku has played his way into the All Blacks. If he's not named then it would spark a major review of what the selectors have been doing these past few months as the Crusaders outside back has been the most damaging ball carrier in the country. It's unlikely that the All Blacks squad named to play Ireland will be a classic case of out with the old and in with the new.

Thirty-six players have been selected to avenge New Zealand's defeat at Dublin in November.

The All Blacks coach Ian Foster has picked six debutants and omitted a veteran in his first All Blacks squad of the year.

Rieko Ioane (Blues, Auckland) Beauden Barrett (Blues, Taranaki) We have a new group of exciting players who will be keen to make a difference in the All Black jersey.