All Blacks squad: Winners and losers as Dave Rennie snubs try-scoring machine but finally gets to trial ‘Springboks ploy’

Following the announcement of Dave Rennie’s All Blacks squad for the northern leg of the Nations Championship, here are our winners and losers from the selections.

Winnners

George Bell

A beneficiary of Samisoni Taukei’aho’s injury, George Bell is recalled to the All Blacks squad, and while he is getting the nod at another hooker’s expense, he certainly deserves the shot.

Bell was named in the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry touring squad earlier this year but sustained a calf injury in training before the first fixture and returned home.

Commenting on the injury at the time, Rennie said: “He’s had a frustrating past