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All Blacks lock Retallick is out
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All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen confirmed lock Brodie Retallick will miss New Zealand's opening Test against France.
A suspected pectoral injury will sideline Retallick for Saturday's clash at Eden Park in Auckland, Hansen announced.
The Chiefs second-rower – who is set to undergo scans – was replaced at half-time in Saturday's 34-20 Super Rugby loss to the Crusaders.
"I can't tell you anything for definite about Brodie, except that he won’t be playing on Saturday," Hansen said.
"We've got to wait until the holidays over, so that we can get a scan."
Locks Luke Romano and Tom Franklin have been drafted into the All Blacks squad as injury cover.
After facing France in Auckland, the All Blacks will play host to the European visitors in Wellington (June 16) and Dunedin (June 23).
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Even with absences we still had the cattle to make the playoffs. As it was, we nearly stumbled our way into the top 8. Which shows just how easy it was to get there. And still we failed. As for Razor, there are many instances of him patching up the Crusaders roster. Numerous. Several players I'd never heard of. Also, using AB legend John Afoa was a classic.
But, some of the games we were losing were from schoolboy errors, or downright confusion. Either the players were really dumb (they weren’t) or they were poorly coached. Given the repetitive nature of errors, brain fades, poor decision making, & loose structures, this all lands with the coaching group.
With only six playoff spots now in SR, & Aussie franchises now consolidated to four, 2025 looks like a tight one. I'm picking we'll have to tough it out under Penney & hope for the best.
Go to commentsAgree we need a 10, 12, 13 refresh. ASAP. Well, next season now lol. Reiko should be put back on the wing. He'll be an absolute menace there. Imagine 11 Reiko 14 Clarke 15 Jordan as the backfield unit.
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