Dave Rennie names two new caps in All Blacks squad for Rugby Nations Championship

Dave Rennie has named his squad which will travel to Europe for the November internationals as part of the Rugby Nations Championship. 

The All Blacks will face Scotland, Wales and England before a final round at Twickenham. The All Blacks are currently three wins from three in the competition and will look to finish top of the Southern Hemisphere table in a close competition with the Springboks, who have also won three from three. The opposition for the final round will be decided based on a teams finish after six games in their hemisphere table. The team in each hemisphere that finishes in the same position (ie. 3rd vs 3rd) will face off in the finals round. 

The squad

Here is the updated rich snippet table for the 2026 All Blacks Squad based on the official squad announcement:

Position	Player Name	Super Rugby Club	Test Caps
Hookers	Codie Taylor (c)	Crusaders	114
	Asafo Aumua	Hurricanes	27
	George Bell	Crusaders	4
Props	Ethan de Groot	Highlanders	46
	George Bower	Crusaders	31
	Xavier Numia	Hurricanes	6
	Fletcher Newell	Crusaders	43
	Pasilio Tosi	Hurricanes	19
	Saula Ma’u	Highlanders	0
Locks	Scott Barrett	Crusaders	91
	Josh Lord	Chiefs	18
	Fabian Holland	Highlanders	16
	Jamie Hannah	Crusaders	1
	Tupou Vaa’i	Chiefs	53
Loose Forwards	Anton Segner	Blues	3
	Leicester Fainga’anuku	Crusaders	12
	Ethan Blackadder	Crusaders	15
	Christian Lio-Willie	Crusaders	3
	Peter Lakai	Hurricanes	16
	Wallace Sititi	Chiefs	25
Halfbacks	Cam Roigard	Hurricanes	26
	Kyle Preston	Crusaders	6
	Cortez Ratima	Chiefs	25
First Five-Eighths	Richie Mo’unga	Crusaders	57
	Damian McKenzie	Chiefs	83
	Josh Jacomb	Chiefs	0
Midfielders	Jordie Barrett	Hurricanes	86
	Quinn Tupaea	Chiefs	31
	Timoci Tavatavanawai	Highlanders	3
	Anton Lienert-Brown	Chiefs	94
Outside Backs	Rieko Ioane	Blues	91
	Chay Fihaki	Crusaders	1
	Fehi Fineanganofo	Hurricanes	1
	Josh Moorby	Hurricanes	7
	Will Jordan	Crusaders	63
	Beauden Barrett	Blues	147

Big calls 

A lot of the difficult decisions were made due to the massive injury list that is unavailable for Dave Rennie. Some of the most interesting calls have come with how Rennie has labelled his team. Leicester Fainga’anuku has been named as a back-rower, while Beaden Barrett has been labelled as an outside back rather than a first-five option.

Sa’ula Ma’u and Josh Jacomb could both pick up their first All Blacks caps on the tour that will be four games long.