Thursday Morning Round Up

Tony Brown & Mark Hammett reunited:

Brown and Hammett will both be involved in the coaching at Highlanders from 2017. Brown will join them before he heads to Japan in the Head Coach role and Hammett joins in place of the Sunwolves as Assistant Coach with Scott McLeod

Bryn Hall off to Crusaders:

The North Harbour captain and current Blues squad member will join up with the Canterbury based franchise for the 2017 season

Cheika names 4 uncapped players to play England:

Michael Cheika has named 3 starting and 1 bench debuts for the opening Test match against England. Rory Arnold, Samu Kerevi, Dane Haylett-Petty & Nick Frisby (bench) are all uncapped and involved in the match day 23

Hanson names a strong All Black side to face Wales:

Hansen names only 2 uncapped players, Ardie Savea and Seta Tamanivalu, on the bench in a strong team captained by Kieran Read