New Zealand have named their team to play Australia in the third Bledisloe Cup and first Tri Nations Test in Sydney on Saturday and head coach Ian Foster has made three changes to his run-on side. Bledisloe III Rugby Game : All Blacks vs Wallabies in Sydney
Date: Saturday, October 31
Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 19:45 local (8:45 GMT)
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Nic Berry (Australia)
TMO: Angus Gardner (Australia)
The matchday 23 features the selection of 2020 All Black Hoskins Sotutu at number eight in his first Test start, in for Ardie Savea who misses the Test after his wife gave birth, while loose forward Dalton Papalii and midfielder Ngani Laumape also make their first appearance of 2020 on the replacements bench.
Sotutu is one of three changes to the starting pack for Saturday. Karl Tu’inukuafe comes in at loosehead prop for Joe Moody, who is still going through Head Injury Assessment protocols, while Samuel Whitelock returns at starting lock in place of Tupou Vaa’i. Tyrel Lomax comes onto the bench for Nepo Laulala. In the backs, Laumape is in the 22 jersey, while Rieko Ioane will wear number 23.
All Blacks head coach Ian Foster said this week’s approach to what would be a massive Test match was simple.
“It’s the third Test of a four Test series and the Bledisloe Cup is on the line,” he remarked. “It’s a real chance for us to come into their home patch, a place which they take a lot of pride in playing and for a trophy which means a lot to them, and we need to show them how much it means to us.
New Zealand: 15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Jordie Barrett, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Jack Goodhue, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Hoskins Sotutu, 7 Sam Cane (c), 6 Shannon Frizell, 5 Samuel Whitelock, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu, 3 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Karl Tu’inukuafe
Replacements: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Alex Hodgman, 18 Tyrel Lomax, 19 Scott Barrett, 20 Dalton Papalii, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Ngani Laumape, 23 Rieko Ioane
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