Familiar faces find some new identities

PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

Nine New Zealanders, four Australians, a goalkicking Irishman and an English prop are on track to make the most unusual XV ever assembled for a World Cup.
The assortment of All Black hasbeens and never-weres form the majority of those itching to reinvent themselves for a final fling on the global stage, wrapped up not in their usual funereal garb but in the red of Tonga or blue of Samoa.
The rule allowing players to switch allegiance from the country of their birth to the country of their heritage after at least three years out of the Test arena ha...

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