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All Blacks Squad 2013 - What Do You Think? 12 views
04 August 2013 by The Swede Eaters
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The All Blacks squad for the 2013 Rugby Championship has been named and is missing Piri Weepu, Victor Vito, Matt Todd and Ben Afeaki, what do you think of this squad?
All Blacks veteran halfback Piri Weepu is the big casualty in Steve Hansen's All Blacks 2013 Rugby Championship squad. The irony is that Weepu has had his best Super Rugby campaign in years but has be ousted by the new wave of New Zealand halfbacks with TJ Perenara likely to make his test debut along with Aaron Smith and Tawera Kerr-Barlow. Andy Ellis from the Crusaders has also been playing well this season, but the All Blacks selectors have obviously decided it is time to look towards the future.
Should Piri Weepu have been omitted from the All Blacks squad? What do you think of the All Blacks 2013 Rugby Championship Squad?
http://www.superrugbytips.com/2013/08/all-blacks-2013-rugby-championship.html
Another area of interest is the make up of the loose forwards with both Victor Vito and Matt Todd missing out.
The All Blacks selectors - Head Coach Steve Hansen, Assistant Coach Ian Foster and former All Black Grant Fox - have today named their squad for the 2013 Investec Rugby Championship.
With only 28 players able to be selected, versatility has been an important factor in selecting the squad.
The team features one new squad member, with talented Hurricanes and Wellington halfback TJ Perenara called into the All Blacks.
The squad is as follows:
FORWARDS
Hookers
Dane Coles - Wellington / Hurricanes (6)
Andrew Hore - Taranaki/ Highlanders (76)
Keven Mealamu - Auckland / Blues (104)
Props
Wyatt Crockett - Canterbury / Crusaders (14)
Charlie Faumuina - Auckland / Blues (7)
Ben Franks - Hawke's Bay / Hurricanes (25)
Owen Franks - Canterbury / Crusaders (47)
Tony Woodcock - North Harbour / Highlanders (98)
Locks
Brodie Retallick - Bay of Plenty / Chiefs (14)
Luke Romano - Canterbury / Crusaders (14)
Samuel Whitelock - Canterbury / Crusaders (41)
Loose forwards
Sam Cane - Bay of Plenty / Chiefs (7)
Steven Luatua - Auckland / Blues (1)
Richie McCaw - captain Canterbury / Crusaders (116)
Liam Messam - Waikato / Chiefs (23)
Kieran Read - Canterbury / Crusaders (51)
BACKS
Halfbacks
Tawera Kerr-Barlow - Waikato / Chiefs (4)
TJ Perenara - Wellington/ Hurricanes *
Aaron Smith - Manawatu / Highlanders (15)
First five-eighths
Beauden Barrett - Taranaki / Hurricanes (8)
Daniel Carter - Canterbury / Crusaders (95)
Aaron Cruden - Manawatu / Chiefs (22)
Midfield backs
Ma'a Nonu - Wellington / Highlanders (79)
Conrad Smith - Wellington / Hurricanes (69)
Outside backs
Israel Dagg - Hawke's Bay / Crusaders (28)
Charles Piutau - Auckland / Blues (1)
Julian Savea - Wellington/ Hurricanes (11)
Ben Smith - Otago / Highlanders (15)
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