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"We've got a plan": All Blacks set to take on Japan

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 26 Oct 2024, 2:29pm
Samipeni Finau of the New Zealand All Blacks runs the ball during the International Test Match between New Zealand All Blacks and England at Eden Park on July 13, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
Samipeni Finau of the New Zealand All Blacks runs the ball during the International Test Match between New Zealand All Blacks and England at Eden Park on July 13, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

"We've got a plan": All Blacks set to take on Japan

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 26 Oct 2024, 2:29pm

All Blacks loose forward Samipeni Finau can't wait to be part of a monster forward pack in this evening's test against Japan in Yokohama. 

The front eight weighs in at a daunting 950 kilograms, just 21kgs short of the French test record. 

Finau is particularly keen to be reunited with Chiefs teammate and number eight Wallace Sititi, who he says has been a revelation at the international level. 

D'Arcy Waldegrave catches up with Samipeni Finau ahead of the test.  

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