Photo: Getty ImagesAll Blacks loosehead prop Joe Moody is to miss the remainder of the Rugby Championship after injuring his thumb in Saturday night's Bledisloe Cup-winning test. With All Blacks replacement prop Jeff Toomaga-Allen carrying an injury, Taranaki and Chiefs prop Angus Ta'avao has been called into the All Blacks squad as a replacement. He doesn't need surgery but will be in a cast for six weeks and, unfortunately, will miss the rest of the Investec Rugby Championship. Hansen said with Moody injured, fellow All Blacks prop Karl Tu'inukuafe would now cover the loosehead prop position, and so the selectors had opted to bring in a tighthead in Ta'avao. The All Blacks squad will reassemble in Nelson on Sunday to prepare for the Rugby Championship test against Argentina on Saturday September 8.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 29, 2018 20:03 UTC