All Blacks squad members to Mitre 10 Cup

Aug 29 • General News, International • 1360 Views • Comments Off on All Blacks squad members to Mitre 10 Cup

The following All Blacks squad members will be available for Mitre 10 Cup duties, if required this week.

Liam Coltman (Otago v Northland, Wednesday 31 August and Bay of Plenty v Otago, Sunday 4 September)

Lima Sopoaga and Patrick Tuipulotu, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Charlie Faumuina and Rieko Ioane (Southland v Auckland, Friday 2 September)

Seta Tamanivalu (Tasman v Taranaki, Saturday 3 September)

James Parsons (Wellington v North Harbour, Saturday 3 September)

Luke Romano, Ryan Crotty and Codie Taylor (Northland v Canterbury, Saturday 3 September)

Damian McKenzie (Waikato v Manawatu, Sunday 4 September)

Meanwhile, Coltman, Tamanivalu and McKenzie will reassemble with the All Blacks squad next weekend as injury replacement players, while Parsons and Ioane will be released to their Mitre 10 Cup teams. The All Blacks squad reassembles on Sunday 4 September in Hamilton to prepare for the Test match against Argentina in the Investec Rugby Championship.