{"id":248199,"date":"2025-11-06T22:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248199\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:51:13","slug":"all-blacks-pair-drop-into-all-blacks-xv-for-england-a-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248199\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks pair drop into All Blacks XV for England A clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jamie Joseph\u2019s All Blacks<\/a> XV have a couple of visitors from the top squad heading their way for the weekend\u2019s clash with England<\/a> A.<\/p>\n

Sevu Reece and Luke Jacobson<\/a> have joined the development team in Bath, with Reece named to start on the left wing, while Jacobson has been named on the bench.<\/p>\n

Xavier Numia and George Dyer<\/a> get another nod as starting props for the game, this time joined by Brodie McAlister<\/a> at hooker. TK Howden<\/a> has shifted into the second row, partnered by Jamie Hannah<\/a> to complete the starting tight five.<\/p>\n

The loose forwards provide a dose of Test experience, with Christian Lio-Willie<\/a> coming into the mix alongside Devan Flanders<\/a> and Dalton Papali\u2019i.<\/p>\n

Kyle Preston has been named to start after a strong showing off the bench against the Barbarians<\/a> and will join Josh Jacomb<\/a> in the halves.<\/p>\n

Crusaders<\/a> pair David Havili<\/a> and Braydon Ennor<\/a> have played plenty of rugby together and will start in the midfield against the English.<\/p>\n

In the outside backs, Sevu Reece<\/a> will be tasked with defending England\u2019s rising star Noah Caluori<\/a>, while New Zealand\u2019s rising star, Caleb Tangitau<\/a>, gets another start on the right edge. Chay Fihaki<\/a> has been named to start at fullback.<\/p>\n

Jack Taylor moves to the bench this week, joining Josh Fusitu\u2019a and Siale Lauaki<\/a> in a unit that had a big impact against the BaaBaas.<\/p>\n

Josh Beehre rejoins the All Blacks XV<\/a> team for a bench role after providing injury cover for Scott Barrett<\/a> in All Blacks training this week. He and Luke Jacobson complete the bench\u2019s forward pack.<\/p>\n

Folau Fakatava will be hoping to get his name back into the Test picture after a strong NPC season, and will offer impact in the No.21 jersey in Bath. Rivez Reihana<\/a> and Dallas McLeod<\/a> join him on the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to have Sevu and Luke join the squad and add their experience to the group for what we expect will be a strong and motivated England A<\/a> squad,\u201d said coach Joseph.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge this week is to build on the performance against the Barbarians, and once again, it\u2019s a great opportunity for the players to perform and execute on the international stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

Rugby Union Hybrid Friendlies<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

England A <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

All Blacks XV <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

All Blacks XV team to play England A<\/p>\n

Xavier NumiaBrodie McAlisterGeorge DyerTK HowdenJamie HannahDevan FlandersDalton Papali\u2019i (c)Christian Lio-WillieKyle PrestonJosh JacombSevu ReeceDavid HaviliBraydon EnnorCaleb TangitauChay Fihaki<\/p>\n

Reserves<\/p>\n

Jack TaylorJosh Fusitu\u2019aSiale LauakiJosh BeehreLuke JacobsonFolau FakatavaRivez ReihanaDallas McLeod <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamie Joseph\u2019s All Blacks XV have a couple of visitors from the top squad heading their way for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-248199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}