Perth (Australia) (AFP)
Beauden Barrett, back to the Springboks on July 27, a position he had not started since 2013, will still be the N.15 entering the field Saturday in Perth against Australia.
The coach Steve Hansen has indeed, by dialing his XV to go face the Wallabies on the third and final day of the Rugby Championship, persisted in his idea to place Barrett, more often opener, in the back, and maintain Richie Mo 'unga in N.10.
Hansen, in the perspective of the World Cup, continues to rotate its workforce. He made six changes in his starting XV over the team that was hooked by South Africa (16-16) on July 27 in Wellington.
The most notable of these is the return of Ardie Savea in the third line. Sam Cane will occupy the other wing of this third line.
Dane Coles will be the full hooker, while Scott Barrett will take second place Brodie Retallick, slightly injured and needing to blow.
In the back lines, Aaron Smith will start the match behind the scrum, and Anton Lienert-Brown was preferred to center at Sonny Bill Williams, who will not be traveling to Australia and will stay in New Zealand to land.
Composition of the New Zealand team:
B. Barrett - Smith, Goodhue, Lienert-Brown, Ioane - (o) Mo'unga, (m) Smith - Cane, Read (cap), Savea - Whitelock, S. Barrett - Franks, Coles, Moody
Alternates: Taylor, Moli, Ta'avao, Tuipulotu, Todd, Perenara, Laumape, Bridge
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