Phil Gifford: The All Blacks' 51-man squad is a show of respect to Ireland and England PHIL GIFFORDSTUFFAll Blacks prop Karl Tu'inukuafe tries his hand at modelling for a plus-sized menswear brand. During the Super season the selectors watched a lot of rugby live. Then 19 players will fly out to fill the gaps for the test against Japan in Tokyo the following weekend. He wanted to blood a few extra young players, one of them Christian Cullen, but was denied the chance. "I asked my brother Colin if they'd named the All Black team to tour France yet, and wondered why the bus went quiet."

Source: Stuff October 13, 2018 16:01 UTC