LOCK Royce Willis was on Sunday elevated to the All Blacks squad for the Tri-Nations match against South Africa at Carisbrook in Dunedin on July 10, the New Zealand Rugby Union said in a statement. Willis comes in at the expense of veteran Ian Jones who drops down to the New Zealand A team.
Squad — Backs: Pita Alatini, Tony Brown, Christian Cullen, Daryl Gibson, Alama Ieremia, Byron Kelleher, Jonah Lomu, Justin Marshall, Andrew Mehrtens, Tana Umaga (Wellington), Jeff Wilson.
Forwards: Andrew Blowers, Robin Brooke, Greg Feek, Mark Hammett, Carl Hoeft, Josh Kronfeld, Norm Maxwell, Kees Meeuws, Dylan Mika, Anton Oliver, Taine Randell (captain), Royce Willis.