John Campbell is joining the Sky Sport team for the All Blacks' match against Samoa in Apia.

John Campbell has taken on his first job after leaving TV3's current affairs programme Campbell Live last month.

While is was speculated that the popular journalist would join Radio New Zealand, it turns out that Campbell has other plans for now.

He is joining Sky Sport's presentation team for the historic All Blacks' match against Samoa in Apia on 8 July.

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The former Campbell Live host is a rugby fanatic and was the driving force behind the campaign to get the All Blacks to play their first-ever match in Samoa.

Campbell will be joined by Sky's Grant Nisbett, Justin Marshall, Jeff Wilson and Ken Laban. His turn as sport commentator for Sky will most likely remain a one-off though.

His long-running current affairs show Campbell Live was axed after an internal review by MediaWorks management.

The final episode screened last month and Campbell said at the time he was going to take some time off to consider his options and spend time with his children.

Campbell had been at TV3 for 24 years having worked his way up from a reporting role to news presenter to fronting his own show. He said he was leaving on good terms.

More than half a million viewers tuned in for the final show.

The match is the first international of the year for the All Blacks, with the Rugby Championship and Rugby World Cup to follow later this year.