Three All Blacks have got in some extra strength training ahead of their opening Rugby Championship test this weekend, helping lift and move a stuck car in Argentina.
Footage emerged of veteran All Blacks brothers Beauden and Jordie Barrett, and fellow playmaker Damian McKenzie helping out by freeing a carthat had become snagged on a small bollard in Buenos Aires, where the team have been staying.
The trio, who have 271 tests between them, could be seen bending at the knees as they lifted up the back of the small black car, helping to release it from the bollard.
A video of the moment was posted to social media with the caption: “All Blacks, men who solve”. The All Blacks reposted the video, saying it was their “good deed for the day”.
The original video has been viewed over 150,000 times on TikTok.
“That’s awesome guys ... no injuries though,” one commenter wrote.
“These lads grew up on the farm, light work for the boys,” another said.
It isn’t the first time the All Blacks have been called in to move a vehicle – players shifted a 2.4-tonne Land Rover that was blocking their team bus in the lead-up to their 2023 Rugby World Cup semifinal clash, also against Argentina.
The car had parked too close to the team bus in Paris, prompting several players to lift and move it.
It comes as the All Blacks prepare for their first test of the Rugby Championship against Los Pumas in Cordoba, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas.
The Pumas handed coach Scott Robertson his first defeat last season, just their third win over the All Blacks.
