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Two props called into All Blacks squad after Fletcher Newell injured

Ethan de Groot of New Zealand looks on during the International Test Match between New Zealand All Blacks and England at Forsyth Barr Stadium on July 06, 2024 in Dunedin, New Zealand. (Photo by Joe Allison - RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)

The All Blacks will be without Crusaders prop Fletcher Newell for the first Bledisloe Cup match in Sydney after he suffered a calf injury.

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Newell suffered the injury in the second Test against the Springboks in Cape Town late in the game after coming on as a replacement for tighthead Tyrel Lomax.

After being given the fortnight to assess the extent of the injury, the All Blacks have decided against playing Newell against the Wallabies this week, instead calling up All Black prop George Bower and first choice loosehead Ethan de Groot, who has completed his own comeback for Southland Stags in the NPC.

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Otago prop Bower has withdrawn from this weekend’s NPC clash to join the squad.

Bower last played for the All Blacks in 2022 on the end of year tour against England, a 25-all draw at Twickenham. He played 14 games of Super Rugby Pacific with the Crusaders this season.

A further smaller group of players will travel to Sydney on Monday as cover after the completion of round six of the NPC.

 

 

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B.J. Spratt 66 days ago

Razor will have make do with what he's got. Just an era where we "Lack the Talent we once had" and that's reflected in the results of the All Blacks.


We lack competition. Super Rugby is a joke! as is NZRFU. . .


Most Rugby supporters in N.Z. live in the fairy tale world "That New Zealand is still the "best and unbeatable"


We are run by "Unfit For Purpose" organisation, which has flowed on to an "Unfit For Purpose" All Blacks.


J Barrett, B Barrett, (Ofa, Lomax, No discipline) Blackadder Injuries finally caught up with him) DMac Can't implement a game plan) Reiko, Cane, All Gone Now. . .

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JWH 65 days ago

Most sheep shagger opinion I have ever read.

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GM 66 days ago

Be fascinating to see whether the Razor gang think Tosi is ready for international rugby, coming off the bench. Otherwise they are going to have to swap Ofa or Tamaiti over to tight-head, which would be a shame now that both of them are settled at loosehead, and have become real weapons. Ofa in particular, has become a much more consistent scrummager now that they've kept him at loosehead. Hope Tosi is ready - at least he'd only be up against Kailea, who is very promising but would be almost as inexperienced as Tosi. (Surely Slipper is past his use-by).

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Bruiser 66 days ago

Now is the time to see Tosi. Surely the sort of impact player we need if he is up to test footie

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JR 66 days ago

I really want them to start Ofa & Tamaiti together at least once... So they can swap roles during a game as wanted/needed.

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B.J. Spratt 66 days ago

The All Blacks need to sort out the "Anti Razor attitude of BB, JB, SC and AS, which will destroy the All Blacks if he doesn't get rid of them.

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Chiefs Mana 66 days ago

If there is actually an issue there which doesn't seem to be the case, then surely Razor needs to be leader they follow....? Jordie and Savea are two of our best along with being our VCs.

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JWH 66 days ago

Jordie Barrett and Ardie Savea are definitely staying. Some of the best players in the world, though I would like JB to go back to fullback.


Sam Cane will be removed soon enough, he is only a stopgap measure. Same for Beauden Barrett I think. Excellent player and rugby brain, but time to move on.

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JW 3 hours ago
'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Ok, managed to read the full article..

... New Zealand’s has only 14 and the professional season is all over within four months. In France, club governance is the responsibility of an independent organisation [the Ligue Nationale de Rugby or LNR] which is entirely separate from the host union [the Fédération Française de Rugby or FFR]. Down south New Zealand Rugby runs the provincial and the national game.

That is the National Provincial Championship, a competition of 14 representative union based teams run through the SH international window and only semi professional (paid only during it's running). It is run by NZR and goes for two and a half months.


Super Rugby is a competition involving 12 fully professional teams, of which 5 are of New Zealand eligibility, and another joint administered team of Pacific Island eligibility, with NZR involvement. It was a 18 week competition this year, so involved (randomly chosen I believe) extra return fixtures (2 or 3 home and away derbys), and is run by Super Rugby Pacific's own independent Board (or organisation). The teams may or may not be independently run and owned (note, this does not necessarily mean what you think of as 'privately owned').


LNR was setup by FFR and the French Government to administer the professional game in France. In New Zealand, the Players Association and Super Rugby franchises agreed last month to not setup their own governance structure for professional rugby and re-aligned themselves with New Zealand Rugby. They had been proposing to do something like the English model, I'm not sure how closely that would have been aligned to the French system but it did not sound like it would have French union executive representation on it like the LNR does.

In the shaky isles the professional pyramid tapers to a point with the almighty All Blacks. In France the feeling for country is no more important than the sense of fierce local identity spawned at myriad clubs concentrated in the southwest. Progress is achieved by a nonchalant shrug and the wide sweep of nuanced negotiation, rather than driven from the top by a single intense focus.

Yes, it is pretty much a 'representative' selection system at every level, but these union's are having to fight for their existence against the regime that is NZR, and are currently going through their own battle, just as France has recently as I understand it. A single focus, ala the French game, might not be the best outcome for rugby as a whole.


For pure theatre, it is a wonderful article so far. I prefer 'Ntamack New Zealand 2022' though.

The young Crusader still struggles to solve the puzzle posed by the shorter, more compact tight-heads at this level but he had no problem at all with Colombe.

It was interesting to listen to Manny during an interview on Maul or Nothing, he citied that after a bit of banter with the All Black's he no longer wanted one of their jersey's after the game. One of those talks was an eye to eye chat with Tamaiti Williams, there appear to be nothing between the lock and prop, just a lot of give and take. I thought TW angled in and caused Taylor to pop a few times, and that NZ were lucky to be rewarded.

f you have a forward of 6ft 8ins and 145kg, and he is not at all disturbed by a dysfunctional set-piece, you are in business.

He talked about the clarity of the leadership that helped alleviate any need for anxiety at the predicaments unfolding before him. The same cannot be said for New Zealand when they had 5 minutes left to retrieve a match winning penalty, I don't believe. Did the team in black have much of a plan at any point in the game? I don't really call an autonomous 10 vehicle they had as innovative. I think Razor needs to go back to the dealer and get a new game driver on that one.

Vaa’i is no match for his power on the ground. Even in reverse, Meafou is like a tractor motoring backwards in low gear, trampling all in its path.

Vaa'i actually stops him in his tracks. He gets what could have been a dubious 'tackle' on him?

A high-level offence will often try to identify and exploit big forwards who can be slower to reload, and therefore vulnerable to two quick plays run at them consecutively.

Yes he was just standing on his haunches wasn't he? He mentioned that in the interview, saying that not only did you just get up and back into the line to find the opposition was already set and running at you they also hit harder than anything he'd experienced in the Top 14. He was referring to New Zealands ultra-physical, burst-based Super style of course, which he was more than a bit surprised about. I don't blame him for being caught out.


He still sent the obstruction back to the repair yard though!

What wouldn’t the New Zealand rugby public give to see the likes of Mauvaka and Meafou up front..

Common now Nick, don't go there! Meafou showed his Toulouse shirt and promptly got his citizenship, New Zealand can't have him, surely?!?


As I have said before with these subjects, really enjoy your enthusiasm for their contribution on the field and I'd love to see more of their shapes running out for Vern Cotter and the like styled teams.

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