With the Bledisloe Cup safe for another year, All Blacks coach Ian Foster has made a number of changes for the final game of the series, bringing in four debutants to the side.
Akira Ioane will earn his first cap in the run-on side at blindside flanker, while fellow Test rookies Asafo Aumua, Cullen Grace and Will Jordan will all come off the bench.
The changes haven’t stopped there though, with Richie Mo’unga out of the side and Beauden and Jordie Barrett switching to flyhalf and fullback respectively. Sevu Reece takes Jordie’s vacant wing spot, and Reiko Ioane will start out wide in the no.11 jersey in place of Caleb Clarke.
All Blacks team for Bledisloe 4
1. Karl Tu’inukuafe (15)
2. Codie Taylor (53)
3. Ofa Tuungafasi (38)
4. Scott Barrett (38)
5. Samuel Whitelock (119)
6. Akira Ioane *
7. Sam Cane (71) – captain
8. Ardie Savea (46)
9. TJ Perenara (67)
10. Beauden Barrett (85)
11. Rieko Ioane (31)
12. Ngani Laumape (14)
13. Anton Lienert-Brown (46)
14. Sevu Reece (7)
15. Jordie Barrett (20)
Bench
16. Asafo Aumua *
17. Alex Hodgman (2)
18. Tyrel Lomax (3)
19. Patrick Tuipulotu (33)
20. Cullen Grace *
21. Brad Weber (5)
22. Damian McKenzie (25)
23. Will Jordan *
MORE TO COME…
from The Roar https://www.theroar.com.au/2020/11/05/four-bledisloe-4-debutants-for-new-zealand-as-foster-makes-mass-changes/
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