A NOTHER New Zealand XV will be competing in Japan, an itinerant one made up of those All Black wannabes who have taken differing overseas routes into the tournament.
They are to be found spreadeagled among no fewer than eight national teams, the Six Nations en masse except for France plus Australia, Japan and Samoa.
Other Kiwis will be on standby in case of emergency, including England’s Brad Shields.
NEW ZEALAND’S OTHER WORLD CUP XV:
Jayden Hayward (Italy); Sean Maitland (Scotland), Bundee Aki (Ireland), Hadleigh Parkes (Wales), Lomano Lemeri (Japan); Joey Carbery (Ireland) or...