All Blacks hooker Dane Coles on baby dash back to NZ
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All Blacks hooker Dane Coles is heading home from Argentina to be at the birth of his first child, ruling him out of the Rugby Championship Test against the Pumas in La Plata on Sunday.
Coles, 27, performed the haka to his team-mates, which is tradition for an All Black leaving camp, before leaving the teams hotel in Buenos Aires for the airport.
It means that Test veteran Keven Mealamu will start this weekend with Bay of Plenty rookie Nathan Harris providing cover from the bench.
"Nathan (Harris) has been doing all the stuff the other hookers have been doing and Kevie (Mealamu) has been do…
Coles, 27, performed the haka to his team-mates, which is tradition for an All Black leaving camp, before leaving the teams hotel in Buenos Aires for the airport.
It means that Test veteran Keven Mealamu will start this weekend with Bay of Plenty rookie Nathan Harris providing cover from the bench.
"Nathan (Harris) has been doing all the stuff the other hookers have been doing and Kevie (Mealamu) has been do…
