All Black selectors have added prop Gordon Slater and centre Keith Lowen to the current All Blacks squad in preparation for the opening match of the Tri-Nations series against South Africa.
Selectors Wayne Smith, Tony Gilbert and Peter Thorburn have added the Taranaki prop and Waikato centre to bolster the squad after last night's 37-12 win over France.
The squad will assemble at Palmerston North's Institute of Rugby next Sunday and will fly out to South Africa five days later, on July 13.
The match against South Africa, in Cape Town on July 22 (NZ Time), is the first match of the Tri-Nations.
All Blacks squad:
Backs: Leon MacDonald (Canterbury), Jonah Lomu (Wellington), Jeff Wilson (Otago), Doug Howlett (Auckland), Tana Umaga (Wellington), Keith Lowen (Waikato), Mark Ranby (Waikato), Pita Alatini (Otago), Andrew Mehrtens (Canterbury), Tony Brown (Otago), Justin Marshall (Canterbury), Byron Kelleher (Otago).
Forwards: Jerry Collins (Wellington), Ron Cribb (North Harbour), Taine Randell (Otago), Marty Holah (Waikato), Reuben Thorne (Canterbury), Troy Flavell (North Harbour), Chris Jack (Canterbury), Norm Maxwell (Canterbury), Carl Hayman (Otago), Carl Hoeft (Otago), Greg Somerville (Canterbury), Gordon Slater (Taranaki), Anton Oliver (Otago, captain), Mark Hammett (Canterbury).
Rugby: Slater and Lowen added to All Blacks squad
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.