Blues No.8 Hoskins Sotutu pictured during his side's Super Rugby final victory over the Chiefs at Eden Park. [Source: 1News]

Blues flanker Hoskins Sotutu has made public his disappointment at missing selection for the first All Blacks squad of the year.

“Most hated”, he wrote on Instagram last night under a picture of himself celebrating the Blues’ recent Super Rugby grand final triumph with his teammates.

It was presumably in response to his snub – and certainly, the comments from some of his 24,000 followers interpreted it as such.

However, the Blues No.8, who is the competition’s joint top try scorer with 12 tries along with Crusaders wing Sevu Reece, should save his energy and be cautious for the rest of the year and beyond.