▁third ▁B led is lo e ▁Cup ▁test , ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁in ▁a ▁ 3 7 - 2 0 ▁victory ▁against ▁the ▁Wall ab ies . ▁S quire ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Matt ▁Tod d ▁in ▁the ▁ 6 8 th ▁minute , ▁with ▁select ors ▁wanting ▁to ▁save ▁S quire ' s ▁energy ▁for ▁tests ▁against ▁England ▁and ▁Ireland . ▁S quire ▁was ▁rest ed ▁for ▁the ▁Japan ▁test ▁the ▁following ▁week , ▁flying ▁straight ▁to ▁England ▁alongside ▁fellow ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁starting ▁XV . ▁After ▁a ▁poor ▁performance ▁against ▁England , ▁in ▁a ▁sl im - margin ▁ 1 6 - 1 5 ▁win , ▁S quire ▁was ▁then ▁injured ▁yet ▁again ▁against ▁Ireland , ▁being ▁replaced ▁by ▁Scott ▁Bar rett ▁only ▁ 3 2 ▁minutes ▁into ▁New ▁Zealand ' s ▁ 9 - 1 6 ▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁Irish ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁no ▁it ▁then ▁but ▁that ▁was ▁his ▁last ▁game ▁for ▁the ▁All ▁Black s . ▁The ▁re - called ▁V ae a ▁Fif ita ▁then ▁started ▁in ▁S quire ' s ▁place , ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁test ▁of ▁the ▁year , ▁against ▁Italy , ▁producing ▁a ▁dominant ▁performance . ▁ ▁S quire ▁only ▁played ▁ 8 ▁tests ▁during ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁leaving ▁his ▁role ▁as ▁a ▁regular ▁st arter ▁question ed ▁by ▁the ▁media , ▁following ▁V ae a ▁Fif ita ' s ▁re - call ▁and ▁the ▁out standing ▁performances ▁of ▁Ar die ▁Save a