ALL BLACKS LOSE MIKA

LOOSE forward Dylan Mika has withdrawn from the All Black side to meet South Africa in the Tri-Nations series in Pretoria on Saturday because of injury. The Auckland blindside flanker has failed to recover from a strained muscle in the back of his knee he suffered in training earlier this week. His place in the Test team goes to Andrew Blowers with whom he was bracketed when the side was announced on Tuesday. Blowers is replaced on the bench by Reuben Thorne.