It's been an emotional goodbye for many All Blacks as they left for Australia today without their loved ones.
Due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, friends and family are not travelling overseas with the players, many of whom have young children, this year.
Before leaving for the Tri-Nations tournament this morning a video, showing Du'Plessis Kirifi saying an emotional goodbye to his family, was posted to the team's official Twitter account.
In it Kirifi can be seen saying goodbye and hugging family before stepping on the plane to Sydney.
It came after new dad TJ Perenara said saying goodbye to his family, including his newborn daughter, was one of the hardest things he's ever had to do.
