Fiji born Waisake Naholo has been named in the All Blacks squad to prepare for their Test Series against the British and Irish Lions and Samoa next week.
Coach Steve Hansen named his squad today with Naholo being named amongst Jordie Barrett, Israel Dagg, Rieko Ioane, Julian Savea and Ben Smith in the outside backs.
Naholo last played for the All Blacks on November 27 against France in Paris.
The key features of the 33‑man squad are the selection of two new talents including young Hurricanes midfielder Ngani Laumape and talented teammate Jordie Barrett, who toured with the team as an apprentice on the All Blacks' Northern Hemisphere Tour last year.
Coach Steve Hansen also congratulated the Barrett and Laumape families, with Jordie and Ngani being selected for the first time and joined his brothers Beauden and Scott in the squad.
The squad is as follows: (with province and Test caps in brackets. New caps are in bold.)
Hookers
Dane Coles (Wellington, 49)
Codie Taylor (Canterbury, 15)
Nathan Harris (Bay of Plenty, 4)
Props
Wyatt Crockett (Canterbury, 58)
Charlie Faumuina (Auckland, 46)
Owen Franks (Canterbury, 90)
Joe Moody (Canterbury, 24)
Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Auckland, 4)
Locks
Scott Barrett (Taranaki, 4)
Brodie Retallick (Hawke's Bay, 60)
Luke Romano (Canterbury, 26)
Samuel Whitelock (Canterbury, 84)
Loose Forwards
Sam Cane (Bay of Plenty, 40)
Jerome Kaino (Auckland, 74)
Kieran Read, captain (Counties Manukau, 97)
Ardie Savea (Wellington, 12)
Liam Squire (Tasman, 8)
Halfbacks
Tawera Kerr‑Barlow (Waikato, 25)
TJ Perenara (Wellington, 29)
Aaron Smith (Manawatu, 58)
First five‑eighths
Beauden Barrett (Taranaki, 49)
Aaron Cruden (Manawatu, 47)
Lima Sopoaga (Southland, 6)
Midfielders
Ryan Crotty (Canterbury, 26)
Ngani Laumape (Manawatu, uncapped)
Anton Leinert‑Brown (Waikato, 9)
Sonny Bill Williams (Counties Manukau, 33)
Outside backs
Jordie Barrett (Taranaki, uncapped)
Israel Dagg (Hawke's Bay, 61)
Rieko Ioane (Auckland, 2)
Waisake Naholo (Taranaki, 12)
Julian Savea (Wellington, 52)
Ben Smith (Otago, 60)
The All Blacks will face Samoa at 8pm next Friday at Eden Park.
They will play their first test against the Lions on the 24th of this month.
