Rugby: Still time for players to impress All Blacks selectors for World Cup spots, Steve Hansen says

Rugby news from New Zealand:
Rugby: Still time for players to impress All Blacks selectors for World Cup spots, Steve Hansen says: In any team sport, positional depth can be the key to success; and a glance at the 39-man All Blacks squad announced on Tuesday night shows New Zealand rugby is in a good place.It makes the jostling for spots all the more fierce… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

Māori All Blacks: Nathan Harris is one of four new caps named in squad to face Fiji in home and away series: Three Bay of Plenty players rugby players have been named in the Māori All Blacks squad to face Fiji in the home and away series this month.Bay players in the squad include the Highlanders’ Tom Franklin, the Chiefs’ Mitchell… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

Rugby: Damian McKenzie opens up on injury; unavailability for All Blacks World Cup squad: Damian McKenzie is practicing patience. Expected to be a key part of the All Blacks’ Rugby World Cup plans, the 24-year-old’s hope of World Cup glory was torn from his grasp early in the Super Rugby season. McKenzie went down… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

Rugby: Why Liam Squire turned down the All Blacks: Highlanders flanker Liam Squire has been applauded by All Blacks coach Steve Hansen for his ‘courageous’ decision to turn down a call-up to the All Blacks’ Rugby Championship squad.Squire, battling with personal issues recently,… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

All Blacks: Steve Hansen identifies speed trap as biggest 2019 Rugby World Cup danger: The common denominator of the All Blacks’ struggles over the last few years – the defeats to Ireland, the British and Irish Lions, and South Africa – is their inability to cope with a defensive line speed which shuts down their time… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

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