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All Blacks face off against Tonga in Internationals on Fri 6th September 2019 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 03:35. In South Africa it’s at 04:35 SAST, 14:35 NZST in New Zealand, 12:35 AEST in Australia and 19:35 EST in the US.
All Blacks won the last encounter but All Blacks are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, All Blacks sits at 2 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Tonga holds 18.
The two sides are separated by 16 places in the rankings with All Blacks in position 2 and Tonga in position 18 as such All Blacks are favourites on paper.
The official squads for All Blacks vs Tonga will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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