The Hurricanes and Wellington halfback Piri Weepu says he didn't expect his chance to prove that he's still good enough to play for the All Blacks to come so soon.
Weepu's been called into the All Blacks squad following injuries to Andrew Ellis and Jimmy Cowan in their loss to the Wallabies at the weekend.
Weepu says he didn't think he would have a shot so soon as he'd been focusing on the NPC with the Lions and aiming to make the end of year tour...
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Piri Weepu.
Fellow halfback Taniela Moa of Auckland is also likely to start training with the New Zealand senior side today.
