All Blacks
Thomson was selected for the Iveco test series in June 2008. He made his debut off the bench against Ireland when he replaced Rodney So'oialo. He then started in the second test against England. He played for the All Blacks during these tests thus selected in the Tri-Nations squad. He has also started the 2009 All Black season at openside flanker filling in for incumbent captain Richie McCaw, before breaking his thumb 30minutes into the game. Thomson was side-lined for the better half of the season before making his comeback against Australia in the final Tri-Nations match, playing at blindside flanker. He was the fastest player over 40m in the All Blacks squad of 2009.
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