Parramatta playmaker Dylan Brown has usurped Shaun Johnson in the Kiwis squad for the upcoming Test against Mate Ma’a Tonga in Auckland.
New Zealand coach Michael Maguire has named a 25-man wider squad to travel home to Aotearoa to face their Pacific rivals at Mt Smart Stadium on June 25 and there was no place for Johnston or Kodi Nikorima among the playmakers.
Brown is set to partner Melbourne Storm halfback Jahrome Hughes at the scrum base, with Manly veteran Kieran Foran also...