HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\nPapali\u2019i is one of four capped All Blacks in the match-day 23 named by All Blacks XV Head Coach Jamie Joseph with experienced utility back David Havili also named to start in the No.12 jersey.<\/p>\n
All Blacks XV match-day 23:
\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Xavier Numia<\/p>\n
2. Jack Taylor<\/p>\n
3. George Dyer<\/p>\n
4. Josh Beehre<\/p>\n
5. Caleb Delany<\/p>\n
6. Kaylum Boshier<\/p>\n
7. Dalton Papali\u2019i<\/p>\n
8. Devan Flanders<\/p>\n
9. Xavier Roe<\/p>\n
10. Josh Jacomb<\/p>\n
11. Etene Nanai-Seturo<\/p>\n
12. David Havili<\/p>\n
13. Daniel Rona<\/p>\n
14. Caleb Tangitau<\/p>\n
15. Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens<\/p>\n
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16. Bradley Slater<\/p>\n
17. Josh Fusitua<\/p>\n
18. Siale Lauaki<\/p>\n
19. Jamie Hannah<\/p>\n
20. Sean Withy<\/p>\n
21. Kyle Preston<\/p>\n
22. Rivez Reihana<\/p>\n
23. Braydon Ennor<\/p>\n
Papali\u2019i (37 Tests) and Havili (30 Tests) are joined in the squad by two other capped All Blacks in halfback Kyle Preston and versatile back Braydon Ennor who will provide impact from the reserves.<\/p>\n
All Blacks XV Head Coach Jamie Joseph said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re expecting three tough matches on this tour and the experience and leadership of Dalton and our other senior players will be valuable for what will be three exciting challenges. \u00a0We\u2019ve selected an exciting squad full of talented players who have a great opportunity to showcase their talents in a black jersey and on an international stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Papali\u2019i wears the No.7 jersey in a versatile loose trio combination with Devan Flanders and Kaylum Boshier, while Havili forms an experienced midfield with Daniel Rona.<\/p>\n
The backline will be guided by first five-eighth Josh Jacomb with Etene Nanai-Seturo, Caleb Tangitau and Jacob Ratumatavuki-Kneepkens forming a back three full of attacking intent.<\/p>\n
Former New Zealand U20 hooker Jack Taylor wears the black jersey at a senior level for the first time and starts between props Xavier Numia and George Dyer, while Caleb Delany joins the squad to take his place at lock next to Josh Beehre.<\/p>\n
All Blacks XV 2025 schedule:<\/p>\n
Sunday 2 November\u00a0
All Blacks XV vs Barbarians, Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford, kick-off 2.15am NZST (Saturday 1 November 13:15pm local time). Live on Sky Sport 2 from 2am.<\/p>\n
Sunday 9 November
All Blacks XV vs England A, The Recreational Ground, Bath, kick-off 2.15am NZST (Saturday 8 November, 13:15pm local time). \u00a0Live on Sky Sport Select from 2am<\/p>\n
Sunday 16 November
All Blacks XV v Uruguay, Stade Raoul Barri\u00e8re, France, kick-off 4.00am NZST (Saturday 15 November 16:00pm local time)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dalton Papali\u2019i will captain an exciting All Blacks XV squad against the Barbarians as the side starts its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-110551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}