Five former Otago players will be among those honoured at an All Black capping ceremony in Wellington tonight.
Jamie Joseph, Stephen Bachop, Chris Laidlaw and Earle Kirton will pick up their caps, and the family of the late Norman Wilson will receive his cap.
Joseph debuted for the All Blacks in 1992, against a World XV in Wellington, and Bachop made his first appearance two years later, against France.
Laidlaw debuted in 1964, against France in Paris, and Kirton played his first match against England, in London in 1967.
Wilson debuted against Australia, in Sydney in 1951.
The first capping ceremony was in Dunedin last Friday, when 27 players were capped. The tradition of capping lapsed after World War 2 and was not re-introduced until 1997.
The New Zealand Rugby Union announced last year it would give caps to more than 400 former players who did not receive them during those years, and is holding ceremonies throughout the country this year and next year to award them.
In Wellington, 32 former All Blacks or their families will receive caps at Te Papa tonight.
Eighteen of those capped tonight will form a guard of honour at Westpac Stadium tomorrow night, when the All Blacks run out to take on the French.
