Who is out, and until when.

elbow

Luke Jacobson is listed as unavailable due to an elbow injury.

Reported 29 Sept · allblacks.com

knee

Anton Lienert-Brown is listed as unavailable due to a knee injury.

Reported 29 Sept · allblacks.com

knee

Ollie Norris is listed as unavailable due to a knee injury.

Reported 29 Sept · allblacks.com

undisclosed · back: Bledisloe Cup fixtures

New Zealand Rugby listed Quinn Tupaea as a short-term injury who is expected back for the Bledisloe Cup matches.

Reported 21 Sept · RugbyPass

dislocated shoulder · back: Super Rugby 2027, possibly not in time for the start

Ardie Savea has had an operation on the shoulder he dislocated against the Springboks in Soweto and is out for the rest of the international season, with Dave Rennie unsure he will be fit for the start of Super Rugby.

Reported 4 Oct · Planet Rugby

calf strain

Patrick Tuipulotu is unavailable for the Bledisloe Cup series with a calf strain.

Reported 29 Sept · allblacks.com

shoulder

Caleb Clarke is listed as unavailable due to a shoulder injury.

Reported 29 Sept · allblacks.com

back disc surgery after ankle and Achilles surgery · back: Saturday's Bledisloe Cup opener

Scott Barrett is set to return for the All Blacks against the Wallabies after ankle and Achilles surgery and a bulged disc in his back that required further surgery and kept him out for six months, having already played for Taranaki a fortnight ago.

Reported 6 Oct · Rugby AU

back infection (discitis)

Williams has not played since February 2026 after contracting a serious spinal infection and still has no confirmed return date.

Reported 9 Sept · RugbyPass

knee

Grace missed the entire 2026 season with a knee injury he sustained during Canterbury's 2025 NPC campaign.

Reported 26 Jun · The Press (Stuff)

head knock, failed head injury assessment

Lock Mitch Dunshea failed a head injury assessment against Canterbury and was unavailable for Southland's final round robin match against Northland.

Reported 2 Oct · The Press

Lisfranc foot injury · back: rest of the 2026 NPC season

Hooker Jack Taylor suffered a Lisfranc foot injury in the round two game against Manawatu and confirmed he would miss the remainder of the 2026 NPC season.

Reported 12 Aug · Southland Tribune

ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (knee) · back: 12 months from January 2026

RNZ reported that Otago and Highlanders prospect Dylan Pledger was sidelined for 12 months, which keeps him unavailable through the 2026 NPC.

Reported 12 Jan · RNZ

ankle · back: rest of 2026 season

Ruben Love will miss the remainder of the season with an ankle injury, ruling him out of the Bledisloe Cup tests and the end-of-year tour.

Reported 5 Oct · NZ Herald

shoulder

Billy Proctor is listed as unavailable due to a shoulder injury.

Reported 29 Sept · allblacks.com

head knock, failed head injury assessment

First five eighth Jimmy Taylor failed a head injury assessment against Canterbury and missed Southland's final game of the season against Northland.

Reported 2 Oct · The Press