{"id":626449,"date":"2026-10-10T14:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626449\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:34:10","slug":"all-blacks-v-wallabies-more-injury-concerns-for-dave-rennie-after-big-eden-park-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626449\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks v Wallabies: More injury concerns for Dave Rennie after big Eden Park win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHe\u2019s been phenomenal all year. He was outstanding in South Africa. He\u2019s taken his game to another level,\u201d Rennie said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just the skills set but he\u2019s got a massive engine and then his physicality. He was excellent again tonight. He had a little bit of a hematoma and we weren\u2019t sure how long he\u2019d last after half time but he was able to run that off. It was nice to sub him with 10 to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such was Barrett\u2019s imposing physical presence, leading the All Blacks with 16 tackles, Taylor suggested he wouldn\u2019t look out of place in the loose forward ranks.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could probably have a six, seven, eight on his back,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cHe hasn\u2019t been saying too much of late but his actions are world-class. He\u2019s earned the right to be called one of the best 12s in the world. His brutality, everything he does he\u2019s physical. That\u2019s what you want to see as a forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the All Blacks significantly improved their aerial work and brutality from the forward pack they could potentially lose Scott Barrett, Anton Segner, Asafo Aumua and Leroy Carter for next week\u2019s return test against the Wallabies in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Barrett, Segner and Aumua suffered late head knocks while Carter sustained a potentially serious ankle injury in a hip drop tackle that is likely to earn Wallabies loose forward Rob Valetini a suspension.<\/p>\n

That injury toll adds to an already lengthy casualty ward that includes Ardie Savea, Luke Jacobson, Ruben Love, Richie Mo\u2019unga and Caleb Clarke among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cScott failed his [HIA] test. He\u2019s pretty good we think so he\u2019s still an option for this week assuming he passes all the protocols,\u201d Rennie said. \u201cAnton was keen to play on but was told he had to go. It\u2019s niggly because we\u2019ve got a limited amount of guys travelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter\u2019s prognosis does not sound positive<\/a> which could force another change on the revolving left wing. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t look good, a hip drop type tackle and landed on his back so it\u2019s his ankle. I haven\u2019t had a chance to talk to the doc yet but it seemed reasonably serious. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s not intentional but that\u2019s the way the game is going.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the team performance, Rennie was satisfied with the specific areas they targeted. <\/p>\n

\u201cI thought a quality performance was coming but we were also playing a quality side. We did a good job looking after the ball, we played at the right end of the field, we created good momentum and pressure and benefitted from that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about a number of areas that needed to be better coming out of Africa and we saw good shifts tonight. I\u2019m very happy with the mindset, brutality and work ethic tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cRetrieving or receiving those kicks is difficult. Teams are catching one out of four. That\u2019s the nature of the game at the moment. Our guys did an excellent job winning it in the air or picking up scraps. That was a good shift.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll be hurting. They\u2019ve had a really good year and I\u2019m really confident they\u2019ll bounce back next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor noted the tone was set at the start of the week as they reviewed the South African tour and the importance of retaining the Bledisloe Cup for a 24th straight year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had good honest conversations with each other. We set the precedent with where we want this team to go. We talked a lot about having the appropriate edge, knowing Australia will be really confident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Tana Umaga, who has experienced both sides of the Bledisloe, gives you a bit of a spray you feel that as a player and you\u2019ve got a responsibility as an All Black to make sure you respond. I feel we did that tonight through our physicality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to Elliott Smith\u2019s live commentary on Newstalk ZB Sport and iHeartRadio, or join the Alternative Commentary Collective on iHeartRadio and Radio Hauraki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHe\u2019s been phenomenal all year. He was outstanding in South Africa. He\u2019s taken his game to another level,\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[74,9092,5263,9526,8834,8136,26888,27056,10709,4187,23438,9635,8142,2082,15258,130,111,139,69,8143,138234,34742,213,34432,6027],"class_list":["post-626449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-after","tag-against","tag-all","tag-another","tag-big","tag-blacks","tag-bledisloe","tag-clinic","tag-concerns","tag-cost","tag-counting","tag-dave","tag-eden","tag-for","tag-injury","tag-more","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-park","tag-rennie","tag-secured","tag-sports","tag-wallabies","tag-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626449","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=626449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}