UPDATED: All Blacks call up Blackadder to 33-man Rugby World Cup 2023 squad
New Zealand's original squad was announced by former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw in Napier on 7 August in front of almost 2,000 locals who were impacted by cyclone Gabrielle, as well as first responders.
Sam Cane captains the All Blacks, lock Samuel Whitelock is playing at his fourth RWC tournament while six players - Aaron Smith, Beauden Barrett, Brodie Retallick, Codie Taylor, Dane Coles, Sam Cane - are involved in their third. Seventeen are playing at their first RWC.
Wing Emoni Narawa was forced home with a back injury before their first game against France, with All Blacks head coach Ian Foster opting to call up an extra loose forward, Crusaders' flanker Ethan Blackadder, as a replacement following their opening 27-13 defeat.
(changes to original announcement appear in bold)
Forwards
Hooker
Dane Coles (36, Super Rugby: Hurricanes / Province: Wellington, Caps: 86)
Samisoni Taukei’aho (25, Chiefs / Waikato, 24)
Codie Taylor (32, Crusaders / Canterbury, 79)
Prop
Ethan de Groot (25, Highlanders / Southland, 16)
Tyrel Lomax (27, Hurricanes / Tasman, 26)
Nepo Laulala (31, Blues / Counties Manukau, 49)
Fletcher Newell (23, Crusaders / Canterbury, 7)
Ofa Tu’ungafasi (31, Blues / Northland, 53)
Tamaiti Williams (22, Crusaders / Canterbury, 2)
Second row
Scott Barrett (29, Crusaders / Taranaki, 61)
Brodie Retallick (32, Chiefs / Hawke's Bay, 103)
Tupou Vaa’i (23, Chiefs / Taranaki, 21)
Samuel Whitelock (34, Crusaders / Canterbury, 145)
Back row
Ethan Blackadder (28, Crusaders / Tasman, 9)
Sam Cane (31, Chiefs / Bay of Plenty, 89) – Captain
Shannon Frizell (29, Highlanders / Tasman, 28)
Luke Jacobson (26, Chiefs / Waikato, 14)
Dalton Papali’i (25, Blues / Counties Manukau, 25)
Ardie Savea (29, Hurricanes / Wellington, 74)
Backs
Scrum-half
Finlay Christie (27, Blues / Tasman, 17)
Cam Roigard (22, Hurricanes / Counties Manukau, 1)
Aaron Smith (34, Highlanders / Manawatū, 118)
Fly-half
Beauden Barrett (32, Blues / Taranaki, 115)
Damian McKenzie (28, Chiefs / Waikato, 42)
Richie Mo'unga (29, Crusaders / Canterbury, 48)
Centre
Jordie Barrett (26, Hurricanes / Taranaki, 51)
David Havili (28, Crusaders / Tasman, 25)
Rieko Ioane (26, Blues / Auckland, 62)
Anton Lienert-Brown (28, Chiefs / Waikato, 62)
Full-back / wing
Caleb Clarke (24, Blues / Auckland, 18)
Leicester Fainga’anuku (23, Crusaders / Tasman, 3)
Will Jordan (25, Crusaders / Tasman, 24)
Mark Telea (26, Blues / North Harbour, 4)
The All Blacks kicked off their Rugby World Cup campaign with a 27-13 defeat by host nation France in Paris on 8 September and have further pool matches against Namibia in Toulouse (15 September), Italy in Lyon (29 September) and Uruguay in Lyon (Thursday 5 October).
Players replaced from original squad of 33: Emoni Narawa