Overview

• Cameron Roigard will miss the opening Tests in Cordoba on August 16 and Buenos Aires on August 23 after sustaining a stress fracture in his foot.
• Noah Hotham is also ruled out of most of the Championship due to a high ankle injury.
• Coach Scott Robertson has recalled veteran scrum-half Finlay Christie after nearly a year away to back up sole fit halfback Cortez Ratima.
• Loose forward Simon Parker earns his first All Blacks call-up and joins three uncapped players—Tevita Mafileo, Kyle Preston and Leroy Carter—as injury cover.
• Tamaiti Williams and Wallace Sititi return from layoff as New Zealand prepares to depart later this week for its Argentina training camp.