Coach Ian Foster will get one final look at contenders for his first AllBlacks squad when the NorthvSouth match is played in Wellington on Saturday | IOLsport
Foster, who replaced Steve Hansen after last year's Rugby World Cup, will name his squad on Sunday although New Zealand Rugby are yet to confirm any fixtures because of uncertainty around the novel coronavirus.
The match, between composite sides representing the country's two main islands, on Saturday has also already been postponed once and moved to Wellington Regional Stadium from Auckland because of Covid-19 restrictions. The teams, coached by Foster's assistants, named arguably their strongest possible sides for the clash, even if there will be no crowd allowed to watch it.
All Blacks assistant coach John Plumtree, who is in charge of the North team, however, told reporters on Thursday they were not considering it a trial. "Everyone might be seeing it that way, and maybe in the old days they saw it as an All Black trial," Plumtree said."We've already seen them go for 10 rounds of derby games.👀 ICYMI | Here are your teams for the Steinlager
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