Junior All Blacks captain Daniel Braid has called on a number of ousted New Zealand internationals to prove their worth in the team’s IRB Pacific Nations Cup title defence.

NEIL SINCLAIR hopes to relaunch his professional boxing career by beating Arek Malek from Poland at Cork City Hall tomorrow night.

Injured All Blacks vice-captain Tana Umaga today insisted he had worked too hard in preparing for the World Cup to give up his chances of glory without a fight.