{"id":554081,"date":"2025-11-07T01:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554081\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T01:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:20:20","slug":"all-blacks-pair-drop-into-all-blacks-xv-for-england-a-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554081\/","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

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England A <\/p>\n

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All Blacks XV <\/p>\n

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

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  1. Xavier Numia<\/li>\n
  2. Brodie McAlister<\/li>\n
  3. George Dyer<\/li>\n
  4. TK Howden<\/li>\n
  5. Jamie Hannah<\/li>\n
  6. Devan Flanders<\/li>\n
  7. Dalton Papali\u2019i (c)<\/li>\n
  8. Christian Lio-Willie<\/li>\n
  9. Kyle Preston<\/li>\n
  10. Josh Jacomb<\/li>\n
  11. Sevu Reece<\/li>\n
  12. David Havili<\/li>\n
  13. Braydon Ennor<\/li>\n
  14. Caleb Tangitau<\/li>\n
  15. Chay Fihaki<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Reserves<\/p>\n

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    1. Jack Taylor<\/li>\n
    2. Josh Fusitu\u2019a<\/li>\n
    3. Siale Lauaki<\/li>\n
    4. Josh Beehre<\/li>\n
    5. Luke Jacobson<\/li>\n
    6. Folau Fakatava<\/li>\n
    7. Rivez Reihana<\/li>\n
    8. Dallas McLeod<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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":554082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-554081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115505793161073452","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}