{"id":924279,"date":"2026-10-11T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924279\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:30:17","slug":"all-blacks-dave-rennie-forced-to-make-changes-to-his-squad-ahead-of-bledisloe-cup-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924279\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks: Dave Rennie forced to make changes to his squad ahead of Bledisloe Cup rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie has made some injury-enforced changes to his squad after Saturday\u2019s Bledisloe Cup triumph against the Wallabies in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand clinched a deserved 50-19 win at Eden Park and, in doing so, they extended their unbeaten run at the famous venue to 54 Tests while also retaining the Bledisloe Cup for the 23rd straight year.<\/p>\n<p>Four players ruled out of Bledisloe Cup rematch<\/p>\n<p>However, it was a costly victory as they lost the services of Asafo Aumua, Anton Segner, Leroy Carter and Ethan Blackadder ahead of next Saturday\u2019s rematch against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/australia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wallabies<\/a> at the Accor Stadium in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tag\/Dave-Rennie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rennie<\/a> has called up George Bell, Du\u2019Plessis Kirifi, Jamie Hannah and Anton Lienert-Brown to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/new-zealand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a> squad as injury cover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour players involved in last night\u2019s Bledisloe Cup win at Eden Park will not travel to Sydney for the second Bledisloe Cup Test, due to injury,\u201d an All Blacks statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsafo Aumua has failed his second head injury assessment and will have a minimum twelve-day stand-down. George Bell will be brought into the squad as injury replacement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/all-blacks-v-wallabies-five-takeaways-as-disciplined-new-zealand-run-riot-at-eden-park-and-les-kiss-suffers-first-defeat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks v Wallabies: Five takeaways as disciplined New Zealand run riot at Eden Park and Les Kiss suffers first defeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnton Segner has also failed his second head injury assessment and will have a minimum twelve-day stand-down. Du\u2019Plessis Kirifi will be brought into the squad as an injury replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Carter scores a costly try<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeroy Carter suffered a high ankle sprain in the motion of scoring a try last night and Anton Lienert-Brown will be brought into the squad as an injury replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Want more from Planet Rugby? 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