'I won't burn my boots' - Carl Hayman hints at sensational All Blacks return (if they need him)
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Former All Black prop Carl Hayman won't "burn his boots" when he retires from rugby at the end of the French season just in case a crisis strikes New Zealand at the World Cup…again.
The 45-cap All Black and current captain of French club Toulon will finish his playing career at the end of the Northern Hemisphere season.
But the 35-year-old admitted to the Irish Independent: "I won't burn my boots," hinting he would keep himself available just in case New Zealand suffer a front-row injury crisis at the World Cup in England later this year.
Famously at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Stephen "Beave…
The 45-cap All Black and current captain of French club Toulon will finish his playing career at the end of the Northern Hemisphere season.
But the 35-year-old admitted to the Irish Independent: "I won't burn my boots," hinting he would keep himself available just in case New Zealand suffer a front-row injury crisis at the World Cup in England later this year.
Famously at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Stephen "Beave…
