{"id":795174,"date":"2026-10-07T20:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/795174\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T20:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:26:13","slug":"all-blacks-injury-list-continues-to-grow-with-double-whammy-before-wallabies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/795174\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks injury list continues to grow with double whammy before Wallabies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>  Published: 3 hours ago | 7 October 2026 13:13 EDT  <br \/> Updated: 3 hours ago | 7 October 2026 13:22 EDT  <\/p>\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>international<\/p>\n<p>    Richie Mo&#8217;unga of New Zealand looks on against South Africa during the second half at M&amp;T Bank Stadium on September 12, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Caean Couto\/Getty Images) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugbypass.com%2F\" onclick=\"GATracking.sendDataLayerEvent(&#039;preferredsourcegoogle&#039;);\" aria-label=\"Google Prefered Source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791404772_344_google_preferred_source_badge_light.png\" alt=\"Google Prefered Source\" width=\"141\" height=\"44\" class=\"google-source\"\/> <\/a>     <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a> have suffered another injury setback ahead of their Bledisloe Cup series, with Richie Mo\u2019unga and Fehi Fineanganofo both ruled out of the meeting at Eden Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u2019unga sustained a calf injury during training on Tuesday, with scans confirming a tear. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a> Rugby have not yet put a timeframe on the first-five\u2019s return and no replacement has been called into the squad at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>The injury is another blow to Dave Rennie\u2019s options at No.10 after Ruben Love was recently ruled out for the remainder of 2026. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/hurricanes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hurricanes<\/a> playmaker requires surgery on an ankle ligament injury suffered during Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry in South Africa, having started six Tests for the All Blacks this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/newcastle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle<\/a> Red Bulls-bound Fineanganofo has also been withdrawn after suffering a concussion and hamstring strain while playing for Bay of Plenty. The outside back will serve a mandatory 12-day stand-down period, while scans have also confirmed an upper hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Crusaders\u2019 Chay Fihaki has been called into the All Blacks squad as Fineanganofo\u2019s replacement, adding another option to a backline already hit by injuries following the four-Test tour of South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/811.png.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> New Zealand <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/802.png.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> Australia <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/live\/australia-vs-new-zealand\/?g=949626\/\" class=\"link-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>The latest setbacks add to a lengthy casualty list from Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry. Ardie Savea, Luke Jacobson, Caleb Clarke and Billy Proctor were among those sidelined after the series, while Anton Lienert-Brown, Quinn Tupaea, Anton Segner and Cortez Ratima were also carrying injuries.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand had already lost Love for the remainder of the year, leaving Mo\u2019unga\u2019s calf issue as another concern at first-five ahead of the two-Test Bledisloe Cup series against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The timing leaves Rennie with further reshuffling to do before the two-Test series against Australia, with New Zealand\u2019s depth already being tested following a bruising four-match tour of South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u2019unga\u2019s return-to-play timeline will be determined following further assessment, while Fineanganofo will now begin his recovery from both the concussion and hamstring injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 3 hours ago | 7 October 2026 13:13 EDT Updated: 3 hours ago | 7 October 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-795174","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\/795174","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=795174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}