{"id":209044,"date":"2025-10-13T01:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T01:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/209044\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T01:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T01:14:12","slug":"all-blacks-squad-named-for-autumn-nations-series-new-zealand-northern-hemisphere-tour-ireland-rematch-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/209044\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks squad named for Autumn Nations Series, New Zealand northern hemisphere tour, Ireland rematch in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hurricanes prop Tevita Mafileo is the only uncapped player in an All Blacks<\/a> squad that is chasing New Zealand’s fifth grand slam triumph in November.<\/p>\n

Mafileo, 27, gets his opportunity after Super Rugby teammate Tyrel Lomax was one of nine players ruled out with injury.<\/p>\n

The others are Tupou Vaa’i, Noah Hotham, Emoni Narawa, Ollie Norris, Timoci Tavatavanawai, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Asafo Aumua and Stephen Perofeta.<\/p>\n

Watch All Blacks vs Ireland and the 2025 Autumn Nations Series with every match streaming live and on demand on the home of rugby, Stan Sport<\/a><\/p>\n

Chiefs lock Josh Lord got the nod as Vaa’i’s replacement ahead of Sam Darry and Naitoa Ah Kuoi while Crusaders hooker George Bell is included while Aumua remains sidelined.<\/p>\n

First choice No.10 Beauden Barrett has overcome a shoulder injury which forced him to miss the 28-14 win over the Wallabies in Perth.<\/p>\n

New Zealand kick off their four game tour of the northern hemisphere against Ireland in Chicago on November 2 (AEDT).<\/p>\n

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Joe Schmidt shakes hands with Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith at Soldier Field.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

It is a rematch of the famous 2016 Test at Soldier Field where Ireland – coached by Joe Schmidt – claimed their first ever victory against the All Blacks.<\/p>\n

New Zealand then tackle Scotland in Edinburgh on November 9, England in London on November 16 and Wales in Cardiff on November 23 (all AEDT).<\/p>\n

New Zealand first attempted the grand slam in 1905 and achieved it in 1978, 2005, 2008 and 2010.<\/p>\n

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“There is a lot of history that has led up to this opportunity for our group, so we will be honouring and taking inspiration from the feats that have come before us,” All Blacks coach Scott Robertson said.<\/p>\n

“The rematch against Ireland at Soldier Field will be a huge occasion and then facing some of the northern hemisphere’s best at their home grounds is a fantastic challenge for us. We are looking forward to this very special tour…<\/p>\n

“It’s pretty cool, isn’t it? You talk to a lot of the All Blacks that have been on one and had a crack at it… it’s very difficult, but it’s a great opportunity for us, and we’ve got an exciting squad to go over there and play good footy.”<\/p>\n

ALL BLACKS SQUAD: Scott Barrett (c), Codie Taylor, Samisoni Taukei’aho, George Bell, Ethan de Groot, Tamaiti Williams, Fletcher Newell, Pasilio Tosi, George Bower, Tevita Mafileo, Patrick Tuipulotu, Fabian Holland, Josh Lord, Samipeni Finau, Simon Parker, Ardie Savea, Du’Plessis Kirifi, Wallace Sititi, Peter Lakai, Luke Jacobson, Cortez Ratima, Cameron Roigard, Finlay Christie, Beauden Barrett, Damian McKenzie, Anton Lienert-Brown, Jordie Barrett, Quinn Tupaea, Billy Proctor, Leicester Fainga’anuku, Rieko Ioane, Leroy Carter, Caleb Clarke, Sevu Reece, Will Jordan, Ruben Love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hurricanes prop Tevita Mafileo is the only uncapped player in an All Blacks squad that is chasing New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-209044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}