Scott Robertson will soon have the services of former NRL star Joey Manu, should he wish to, according to Manu's club coach Sir Steve Hansen.
George led his England team-mates forward to the halfway line at the start of the Maori war dance.
Despite not being selected for England this week, loosehead Joe Marler took centre stage with his comments regarding the haka.
Joe Marler’s haka comments have been an unwelcome sideshow and the main event needed no help to achieve top billing.
The loosehead, who left the England squad base at Pennyhill last Monday night for personal reasons, unloaded on the pre-game New Zealand challenge with comments on Tuesday on X, the platform formally known as Twitter.
Marler baited the All Blacks ahead of Saturday’s autumn opener at Allianz Stadium by writing on the social media site X on Tuesday night that “the haka needs binning. It’s ridiculous”.
All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson says he has full respect for new Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt ahead of the first Bledisloe Cup fixture.
Wales head into next Saturday’s Cardiff finale against Italy after suffering four successive defeats in this season’s tournament.
Crusaders boss Scott Robertson has offered his condolences to the family of former teammate Joeli Vidiri after the death of the ex-All Blacks wing.