Mortal All Blacks rocked by double injury blow

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The All Blacks person suffered a duplicate blow, with skipper Sam Cane and Dane Coles some connected their mode location from the bluish tour.

Fresh disconnected a constrictive 38-31 flight against Japan successful Tokyo connected Saturday, the outlook hasn't got immoderate brighter for the men successful black, with manager Ian Foster delivering a treble wounded update connected Sunday.

The All Blacks manager said Cane had suffered a fractured cheekbone successful the lucifer astatine National Stadium, portion seasoned hooker Coles has succumbed to a calf wounded which had seen him a precocious scratching from Saturday's Test.

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Sam Cane of New Zealand is interviewed astatine National Stadium. (Getty)

Highlanders escaped guardant Billy Harmon and Hurricanes hooker Asafo Aumua person been called up for the remaining Tests against Wales, Scotland and England.

Foster besides confirmed fastener Patrick Tuipulotu and playmaker Damian McKenzie would rejoin the second-string All Blacks XV, portion winger Mark Telea – a precocious call-up aft Leicester Fainga'anuku went location for household reasons – would enactment connected with the All Blacks arsenic Will Jordan remains successful New Zealand to get implicit his interior receptor issue.

The All Blacks are besides sweating connected a probable prohibition for prima fastener Brodie Retallick, who was sent disconnected successful Tokyo for a unsafe cleanout of Kazuki Himeno.

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Japan manager Jamie Joseph besides delivered a stinging parting changeable astatine the squad helium played 20 Tests for.

"Everyone is reasoning astir the All Blacks and that's portion of their armour, really," Joseph said.

"Having played for the All Blacks, 1 of the things we utilized to speech astir 25 years agone was that everyone was a wee spot frightened of us.

Yutaka Nagare of Japan is embraced by manager Jamie Joseph. (Getty)

"Perhaps that's not the lawsuit anymore, I'm not sure."

Japan skipper Michael Leitch, who played alongside galore of the All Blacks successful his clip with the Chiefs successful Super Rugby, agreed.

"In the past, teams person travel up against the All Blacks and psychologically you deliberation they are unbeatable, but present those cracks are showing," Leitch said.

"It's doable, and we showed that today. Give america an other 10 minutes and who knows what would person happened."

Joseph besides had a not-so-subtle excavation astir wherever the All Blacks whitethorn conscionable beryllium successful his satellite order, arsenic his broadside present instrumentality a week disconnected up of Tests against England and France.

"The cardinal for america truly is to spell to England present and replicate that show against a amended side."

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