Hautapu Sports’ Luke Jacobson has retained his position in the All Blacks squad for the 2024 Lipovitan-D Challenge Cup and the Northern Tour.
Jacobson (27) has earned 24 caps for New Zealand.
New Zealand
The 36-strong squad is: (Age / Super Rugby Club / Province / Test Caps)
Forwards (20)
Hookers
Asafo Aumua (27 / Hurricanes / Wellington / 15)
Codie Taylor (33 / Crusaders / Canterbury / 93)
George Bell (22 / Crusaders / Canterbury / 1)
Props
Ethan De Groot (26 / Highlanders / Southland / 28)
Tyrel Lomax (28 / Hurricanes / Tasman / 40)
Fletcher Newell (24 / Crusaders / Canterbury / 20)
Pasilio Tosi (26 / Hurricanes / Bay of Plenty / 3)
Ofa Tu’ungafasi (32 / Blues / Northland / 63)
Tamaiti Williams (24 / Crusaders / Canterbury / 14)
Locks
Scott Barrett (30 / Crusaders / Taranaki / 76) (Captain)
Tupou Vaa’i (24 / Chiefs / Taranaki / 34)
Patrick Tuipulotu (31 / Blues / Auckland / 46)
Sam Darry (24 / Blues / Canterbury / 5)
Loose forwards
Ethan Blackadder (29 / Crusaders / Tasman / 15)
Sam Cane (32 / Chiefs / Bay of Plenty / 100)
Samipeni Finau (25 / Chiefs / Waikato / 4)
Luke Jacobson (27 / Chiefs / Waikato / 24)
Dalton Papali’i (26 / Blues / Counties Manukau / 36)
Ardie Savea (30 / Moana Pasifika / Wellington / 90) (Vice Captain)
Wallace Sititi (22 / Chiefs / North Harbour / 5)
Backs (16)
Halfbacks
Cam Roigard (23 / Hurricanes / Counties Manukau / 5)
TJ Perenara (32 / Hurricanes / Wellington / 87)
Cortez Ratima (23 / Chiefs / Waikato / 8)
First five-eighths
Beauden Barrett (33 / Blues / Taranaki / 131)
Damian McKenzie (29 / Chiefs / Waikato / 56)
Mid-fielders
Jordie Barrett (27 / Hurricanes / Taranaki / 65) (Vice Captain)
David Havili (29 / Crusaders / Tasman / 28)
Rieko Ioane (27 / Blues / Auckland / 77)
Anton Lienert-Brown (29 / Chiefs / Waikato / 79)
Billy Proctor (25 / Hurricanes / Wellington / 1)
Outside backs
Caleb Clarke (25 / Blues / Auckland / 25)
Will Jordan (26 / Crusaders / Tasman / 37)
Ruben Love (23 / Hurricanes / Wellington / 0)*
Stephen Perofeta (27 / Blues / Taranaki / 5)
Sevu Reece (27 / Crusaders / Southland / 30)
Mark Tele’a (27 / Blues / North Harbour/ 15)
Fixtures
The All Blacks squad will depart for Japan on October 17, 2024, and the fixtures are as follows:
Saturday 26 October 26, 2024
All Blacks v Japan
Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, 6.50pm (NZT)
Sunday 03 November 23, 2024
All Blacks v England
Twickenham Stadium, London, 4.10am (NZT)
Saturday November 9, 2024
All Blacks v Ireland
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, 9.10am (NZT)
Sunday November 17, 2024
All Blacks v France
Stade de France, Paris, 9.10am (NZT)
Sunday November 24, 2024
All Blacks v Italy
Allianz Stadium, Turin, , 9.10am (NZT)