Friday Morning Round Up
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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
