Radio Sport Breakfast

Gareth Evans thought it was all a prank.The Hawke's Bay loose forward has been named as part of a 19 strong group to travel with the All Blacks and be available for the first two tests of the end-of-year tour.He told the Radio Sport Breakfast he was having lunch when he started getting messages from Magpies teammates."I like tried to look on the internet but couldn't see anything and then 20 minutes to 30 minutes later I got a text from my manager, and I thought it was one of my teammates pranking me but then I got an email and it started sinking in."Evans will be available for the Magpies Mitre 10 Cup championship semi-final against Otago on Saturday.LISTEN ABOVE AS GARETH EVANS SPEAKS WITH RADIO SPORT BREAKFAST See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.