{"id":26894,"date":"2025-07-28T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/26894\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T06:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:57:08","slug":"all-blacks-unleashed-on-npc-and-rugby-champs-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/26894\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks unleashed on NPC and Rugby Champs injury update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p>NEWS: Eight players from the All Blacks\u2019 mid-year squad will be available for the opening round of the National Provincial Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The NPC kicks off this Thursday at Eden Park, when Auckland host a Waikato side that All Black Anton Lienert-Brown may bolster.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington and Canterbury will have Ruben Love and Brodie McAlister, respectively, at their disposal when they face off at Porirua Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Lio-Willie may feature for Otago when they take on Southland at Invercargill\u2019s Rugby Park later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s two matches will feature Emoni Narawa and Pasilio Tosi for Bay of Plenty; Timoci Tavatavanawai for Tasman; and Dalton Papali\u2019i for Counties Manukau.<\/p>\n<p>INJURY UPDATE<\/p>\n<p>The following players are continuing to have injuries assessed ahead of the Rugby Championship squad assembling.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated return to play is as of Monday, July 28 and subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Hotham \u2013 Will need surgery for a high ankle sprain. Estimated return to play: seven to eight weeks.<br \/>Tyrel Lomax \u2013 Has had surgery for hand fracture. Estimated return to play: five to six weeks.<br \/>Caleb Clarke \u2013 High ankle injury, does not require surgery. Estimated return to play: five to six weeks.<br \/>Luke Jacobson \u2013 Thigh injury. Estimated return to play: five weeks.<br \/>Scott Barrett \u2013 Calf tear healing well. Estimated return to play: three weeks.<br \/>Wallace Sititi \u2013 Rehabilitating well following surgery for high ankle injury. Estimated return to play: three weeks.<br \/>Tamaiti Williams \u2013 Rehabilitating well following surgery for torn meniscus. Estimated return to play: three weeks.<br \/>Beauden Barrett \u2013 Subtle hand re-fracture but healing well. Estimated return to play: two weeks.<br \/>Tupou Vaa\u2019i \u2013 Going through concussion protocols. Estimated return to play: two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The list of All Blacks playing for their provincial teams is as follows:Auckland v Waikato<br \/>(Eden Park, 19.10, Thursday July 31)  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/like-loading.gif\" class=\"loading-game\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Waikato: Anton Lienert-Brown<\/p>\n<p>Wellington v Canterbury<br \/>(Porirua Park, 14.05, Saturday August 2)  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/like-loading.gif\" class=\"loading-game\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Wellington: Ruben Love<br \/>Canterbury: Brodie McAlister<\/p>\n<p>Southland v Otago<br \/>(Rugby Park, 16.35, Saturday August 2)  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/like-loading.gif\" class=\"loading-game\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Otago: Christian Lio-Willie<\/p>\n<p>Bay of Plenty v Tasman<br \/>(Tauranga Domain, 14.05, Sunday, August 3)  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/like-loading.gif\" class=\"loading-game\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Bay of Plenty: Emoni Narawa and Pasilio Tosi<br \/>Tasman: Timoci Tavatavanawai<\/p>\n<p>Hawke\u2019s Bay v Counties Manukau<br \/>(McLean Park, 16.35, Sunday, August 3)  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/like-loading.gif\" class=\"loading-game\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Counties Manukau: Dalton Papali\u2019i<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWS: Eight players from the All Blacks\u2019 mid-year squad will be available for the opening round of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-26894","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\/26894","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=26894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}