Brodie Retallick included despite being ruled out of opening game with a knee injury
“We’ve got a lot of faith in him, he’s a special player and has done a lot for the black jersey and hopefully there will be an opportunity later for him.”
Retallick suffered a knee injury in New Zealand’s 23-20 win over Australia in Dunedin last weekend but was named for his third World Cup with Josh Lord the player most likely to have missed out. “Brodie’s knee is probably about a six week but we’re not 100 per cent sure,” Foster said. “So whether it’ll be round one, round two of the World Cup, we’re not sure. But you know, we really believe he’s earned his selection and we can manage that.
Loose forward Samipeni Finau was not included despite impressing on his test debut last weekend but will travel to Europe with scrumhalf Brad Weber and uncapped hooker George Bell as injury cover for the final warm-up against South Africa. The All Blacks will play the Springboks at Twickenham in London on August 25th and start their World Cup campaign against hosts France in Paris on September 8th.
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