25 Sep 2025
All Blacks without captain for opening Bledisloe Cup test
The All Blacks will be without captain Scott Barrett for this weekend's opening Bledisloe Cup test at Eden Park. He suffered a shoulder injury in the record defeat to South Africa in Wellington and hasn't recovered in time to take on the Wallabies. However, a few other frontline players are back from injury, with coach Scott Robertson making several changes from the team that suffered a record defeat to the Springboks. Rugby reporter Joe Porter spoke to Lisa Owen.