Friday Morning Round Up

Friday Morning Round Up

New Zealand Rugby shut down talks of All Blacks v Kangaroos

New Zealand Rugby boss Steve Tew has poured cold water on reports of a hybrid game between the All Blacks and the Kangaroos league team, after the next World Cup in 2019.

In a statement issued last night, Tew immediately put a line through the proposed match saying it is far from the truth.

"We get asked to consider a large number of proposals regularly, and in this case, we were approached over a year ago about the possibility of a hybrid game," Tew said.


"Other than that initial conversation, there have been no other discussions and this is definitely not something we are pursuing."

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen laughed off the story when he was asked to comment ahead of Sunday's (NZ time) Test match against France in Paris.


"$50 million? Yeah, I chuckle at a lot of the media reports I read," Hansen said. "I haven't heard anything about it."

Line Ups: Georgia v Canada

NRC Final Lineups:

TEAMS

Canberra Vikings team to face QLD Country

1. Faalelei Sione

2. Folau Faingaa

3. Les Leuluailii-Makin

4. Dean Oakman-Hunt

5. Darcy Swain

6. Rob Valetini

7. Tom Cusack (c)

8. Lolo Fakaosilea

9. Ryan Lonergan

10. Wharenui Hawera

11. Andrew Muirhead

12. James Dargaville

13. Len Ikitau

14. Ben Johnston

15. Tom Banks

Reserves

16. Robbie Abel

17. Harry Lloyd

18. Max Bode

19. Michael Oakman-Hunt

20. Angus Allen

21. Pedro Rolando

22. Liam Moseley

23. Lausii Taliauli

Queensland Country team to face the Vikings

Dan Carter visits All Blacks in France

 

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