The New Zealand All Blacks rugby team coach Steve Hansen speaks to the press under cloudy skies during a team training session in Sydney, Australia, August 19, 2016, before their first Bledisloe Cup game against Australia's Wallabies on Saturday. REUTERS/Jason Reed
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has moved to ease concerns over the depth of his playing stocks after Liam Squire became the third loose forward to be sidelined by injury before the British and Irish Lions tour next month.
The 26-year-old back row forward broke his thumb in the Otago Highlanders' 45-41 victory over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday.
