The All Blacks look set to be forced into a bench reshuffle for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup semifinal against England in Yokohama, with backup loosie Matt Todd an unlikely starter.

Coach Steve Hansen confirmed that Todd has reinjured his shoulder at the back end of Saturday’s night’s impressive 46-14 quarterfinal victory over Ireland at Tokyo Stadium.

It was an eventful night for the Canterbury openside who came into the contest in the 57th minute and got through plenty of work before being sin-binned late in the piece in a defensive play that conceded a yellow card.

“Matt Todd has hurt that shoulder again, so we’ll have to see how he goes,” said Hansen in Tokyo on Sunday as he confirmed an otherwise fully fit squad. “It’s probably unlikely he’s going to be available.”

Hansen explained it was not a new injury to the shoulder for the experienced openside flanker.

“He dislocated it a wee while ago but got a bang on it yesterday, so we’ll have to wait and see.”

Hansen also explained the halftime substitution of starting openside flanker Sam Cane against Ireland. He confirmed it was a “tactical decision” and that the Chiefs loose forward was not injured in any way.

Scott Barrett came on for Cane at halftime and moved into the blindside flanker’s role, before shifting into the second row later in the piece when Todd entered the fray.

Both Cane and Todd got through big defensive shifts. Cane made all 11 tackles attempted in his 40 minutes, while Todd nailed 10, with one miss, in his short time on the field.

“When you’ve got the bench we’ve got the thought behind it is we can add something different to the game and change the picture a little bit and we were happy with how it went too,” said Hansen.

“Scott is a good lineout forward, he’s good around the park and he’d be starting in most teams. He’s a luxury to have and we can push him into lock too.

“At that point you’re looking to make sure you’ve got people left with plenty in their engine if you get the opportunity to play in the semifinal.”