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Two Kiwis among new caps in Japan rugby squad to face British and Irish Lions – Stuff.co.nz
Former Super Rugby forwards Craig Millar and Mark Abbott get the call-up from Jamie Joseph for a two-test European tour.
Former Otago and Highlanders prop Craig Millar has crowned the biggest week of his career by being named as a new cap in Jamie Josephs Japan rugby squad to meet the British and Irish Lions.
Millar, 30, joins former Hurricanes lock Mark Abbott among 13 first-timers in the squad for matches against the Lions at Murrayfield in Scotland on June 26 and Ireland at Dublin on July 3.
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His selection came a day after Millar…
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