George Bell

Jamie Hanna, look, you know, very inexperienced at test level.

George Bell, the same.

But, you know, they have reinforcements.

I think by the time the end of the year comes around, with the greatest rivalry tour as well, I think over 50 players will have played for the All Blacks this year.

It looked like at one stage they were both gonna play on, and I was like, "Shit, think they're gonna let them get away with this?" But they both failed concussion tests, so they are gone.

George Bell and Duplesis Kirifi comes in.

Now, I'm excited to see Dupes back in this environment.

I think it is great reward for a guy who has an incredibly tough NPC campaign, went winless, but never dropped in his personal standards, and I think Wellington were lucky to have him.

It's tough.

Brutal.

I like, obviously George Bell, bit of a no-brainer there, already been in the environment, and Dupes certainly deserves it.

Leroy Carter gone with a hip drop.

Both the Wallabies and the All Blacks starting fifteens will look quite different in Sydney this weekend.

The All Blacks have added Du'Plessis Kirifi, George Bell, Jamie Hanna, and Anton Lienert-Brown to their squad to cover the absences of Mo'unga, Seeto, Carter, and Blackadder.

Uh, Les Kiss is looking for a new midfield as well.

Petai's done an ankle.

But, uh, that was an interesting one.

I think the, the front row should be solid there.

George Bell's come in as the third hooker, so Taukei'aho will go, uh, will likely go onto the bench.

So, um, I, I can't see too many starting changes, maybe two or three maximum, but probably more some shuffling on the bench.

You lose Asafoa Moa, Anton Seager, Leroy Carter, and Ethan Blackadder.

Income George Bell, Duplissis, Karifi, Anton Lienert-Brown, Jamie Hanna.

How happy, Neil, are you with the depth you've got available to cover what is now a, a quite a growing injury list?

Yeah, well, that's sometimes you can look at the negative side of having injuries, but it also gives you an opportunity to, um, try another person and see what they bring to the table, get to know them.

So that means in the last week, the All Blacks have brought in the following players as injury replacements.

Are you ready for this? Shea Fihaki, Emone Narawa, George Bell, Jamie Hanna, Duplissie Karifi and Anton Leonard-Brown.

So there's a lot of the tracksuit people doing a lot of work there with refitting.

Maybe that's why they called them in.

So that means in the last week, the All Blacks have brought in the following players as injury replacements.

Are you ready for this? Shea Fihaki, Emone Narawa, George Bell, Jamie Hanna, Duplissie Karifi and Anton Leonard-Brown.

So there's a lot of the tracksuit people doing a lot of work there with refitting.

Maybe that's why they called them in.

Anton Seignert also.

Leroy Carter with a high ankle sprain after a hip drop on him, and Ethan Blackadder with a calf will be replaced in the squad by George Bell, Du'Plessis Kariri, Anton Lienert-Brown, and Jamie Hanna ahead of the second test in Sydney.

In the NPC, the semifinals set with Northland to host Otago on Friday night and Canterbury hosting Taranaki on Sunday.

F1, Max Verstappen wins in Singapore.