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Taukei'aho’s future with All Blacks despite Tonga eligibility Newshub 7 hrs ago © Image - Photosport, video - Newshub Samisoni Taukei'aho. All Blacks assistant coach John Plumtree has no qualms calling up Chiefs hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho, despite potentially ending any chance to represent his native Tonga in the future. After an impressive Super Rugby season with the Chiefs, Taukei'aho has been called into All Blacks camp as injury back-up. The 23-year-old is covering for hooker Asafo Aumua, who has concussion symptoms after the All Blacks' 102-0 victory over Tonga at Mt Smart Stadium...

'Great introduction' for All Blacks' class of 2021 - Plumtree Newshub 9 hrs ago © Image - Getty Images; Video - Newshub Ethan Blackadder, Ethan de Groot, Quinn Tupaea, Finlay Christie. The All Blacks' newest faces have been given a pass mark by forwards coach John Plumtree, as the team build towards their first test of the year against Tonga on Saturday. As part of a 36-man squad for the upcoming test against Tonga at Mt Smart Stadium, and two tests against Fiji in Dunedin and Hamilton, coach Ian Foster has welcomed the quartet of prop Ethan de Groot, loose forward Ethan Blackadder, half...

He spent much of 2020 getting himself and his game back on track and it was only through the 2021 Super Rugby season with the Chiefs that old ‘Concrete Shoulders’, as he’s affectionately dubbed around his franchise, began to work back into the form that made him the bolter of Steve Hansen’s World Cup squad. Now he’s back, selected as one of seven loose forwards in Ian Foster’s now 35-strong squad (with Braydon Ennor ruled out with appendicitis) to meet Tonga on Saturday at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, and then Fiji in Dunedin on July 10 and in Hamilton a week later.

The returning All Blacks have addressed their teammates about what it means to be back for the series against Tonga and Fiji The returning All Blacks have addressed their teammates about what it means to be back for the series against Tonga and Fiji 29 June 2021 Chiefs flanker Luke Jacobson has linked up with the squad for the first time since a head knock wrecked his 2019 World Cup, while David Havili is back after four years in the wilderness. Assistant coach John Plumtree says those players spoke to the squad last night. INTERNATIONAL RUGBY WITH ACCESS SOLUTIONS - ELEVATING YOU AND YOU...

OPINION: NZ Rugby's decision to ask Ngani Laumape to take a pay cut has reduced the AB selectors' options.