Reece Hodge starter lørdagens test
Australias trener Dave Rennie har gjort seks endringer i sin start-XV for Rugby Championship-testen mot Sør-Afrika i Adelaide på lørdag, da han ønsker velkommen tilbake en rekke friske spillere.
Noah Lolesio vil starte på flueben i stedet for den droppede James O’Connor, mens Reece Hodge har blitt forfremmet til startende bakspiller mens Rennie ser på sin fantastiske støvel for å gjøre skade mot verdensmesterne.
“Med Hodgey på baksiden gir det oss en stor sparkekamp som vi tror vil være viktig,” sa Rennie torsdag.
“Hans evne til å identifisere plass og finne gress med den store, blomstrende støvelen er en stor grunn til at vi valgte ham.”
Hodges opprykk har shuntet Tom Wright tilbake til vingen etter at ACT Brumbies speedster slet med høyballen i 48-17-gjemningen av Argentina i San Juan.
Australia led et tungt nederlag i hendene på Argentina for to uker siden
Andrew Kellaway ble vurdert for en startrolle i de tre bakre etter å ha kommet seg etter en hamstringskade, sa Rennie, men vil i stedet lette inn fra benken.
Hooker Folau Fainga’a og indresenter Hunter Paisami starter etter å ha kommet seg etter hodestøt, mens propp Allan Alaalatoa også er tilbake på første rad etter å ha savnet San Juan av personlige årsaker.
Alaalatoas tilbakekalling satte Taniela Tupou på benken, og Rennie krevde mer av Queensland Reds-tightheaden etter hans dempet oppvisning i San Juan.
“Han er godt klar over det. Han er ganske skuffet over innsatsen hans i den andre testen,” sa Rennie.
“Vi vet at han er en veldig god scrummager, men vi forventer at han skal dominere med og uten ball.”
Matt Philip starter på andre rad i stedet for den degraderte Darcy Swain, mens Dave Porecki er tilbake fra hjernerystelse for å gi hore-dekke på benken.
Loosehead-propp James Slipper vil lede laget igjen ettersom vanlig kaptein Michael Hooper forblir utilgjengelig av helsemessige årsaker.
I likhet med vertene vil Sør-Afrika være ivrige etter å komme tilbake på Adelaide Oval etter hjemmetap mot de gjenoppståtte All Blacks på Ellis Park.
Rennie har gitt Lolesio nikk på 10
Med fly-half Quade Cooper styrende, slo Australia Springboks i rygg mot rygg tester i fjorårets Rugby Championship.
Cooper er nå på sidelinjen med en akillesskade, men legger press på Lolesio i sin første test siden han ble droppet etter å ha slitt i det serieavgjørende nederlaget mot England i Sydney.
“Han var ikke katastrofal (mot England), men han var absolutt ikke så god som han var i test en,” sa Rennie.
“Han har trent godt. Noahs fikk en mulighet til å prøve å sementere den trøya,” sa Rennie.
Australia: 15. Reece Hodge, 14. Tom Wright, 13. Len Ikitau, 12. Hunter Paisami, 11. Marika Koroibete, 10. Noah Lolesio, 9. Nic White; 1. James Slipper, 2. Folau Fainga’a, 3. Allan Alaalatoa, 4. Rory Arnold, 5. Matt Philip, 6. Jed Holloway, 7. Fraser McReight, 8. Rob Veletini.
Erstatninger: 16. Dave Porecki, 17. Scott Sio, 18. Taniela Tupou, 19. Darcy Swain, 20. Rob Leota, 21. Pete Samu, 22. Tate McDermott, 23. Andrew McKellaway.
Barrett utelukket da All Blacks XV uendret
I mellomtiden har trener Ian Foster gjort bare ett tvungent bytte til All Blacks for deres Rugby Championship-test mot Argentina i Christchurch på lørdag, med den ubeskyttede løshalvspilleren Stephen Perofeta som erstatter den skadde Beauden Barrett i reservene.
Barrett ble utelukket etter å ha pådratt seg en nakkeskade på trening, noe som banet vei for Auckland Blues-pivot Perofeta til å få sin testdebut fra benken.
“Han har vært ganske imponerende bak kulissene,” sa Foster torsdag til journalister om 25 år gamle Perofeta, som også vil gi dekning som back.
“Og muligheten har kommet … Hele gruppene var begeistret for det, fikk mye tro på ham.”
Etter å ha tapt hjemmeserien mot Irland og Rugby Championship-åpningen i Mbombela mot Sør-Afrika, kom All Blacks tilbake til form med en imponerende 35-23 seier over Springboks på deres Johannesburg høyborg, Ellis Park.
New Zealand kom tilbake med en spennende seier over Sør-Afrika i Ellis Park
Når de returnerer til Christchurch for første gang siden 2016, møter All Blacks et gjenoppstått Argentina, som slo Australia med 48-17 i San Juan etter å ha tapt mot Wallabies i Mendoza.
“Jeg er veldig fornøyd med arbeidet til hele troppen, og det er en rekke gutter som virkelig presser hardt for å få litt tid, men jeg syntes den gruppen gjorde en god jobb,” sa Foster om valget.
“Så det er en god mulighet for dem å gå igjen.”
Foster sa at Barretts nakke var stiv, men at han ikke fikk råd fra medisinsk personale om at han måtte gå glipp av den andre testen mot Argentina i Hamilton neste uke.
All Blacks vil starte sin første kamp med utvelger Joe Schmidt som tar på seg en mer praktisk rolle som angrepstrener og strateg i Fosters stab.
Nylig utnevnte spiss-trener Jason Ryan ble også utnevnt til en offisiell velger i panelet med Schmidt og Foster.
“Det har alltid vært vår intensjon,” sa Foster.
“Det er veldig viktig at Joe og jeg har en sterk fremadstormende stemme i gruppen vår.”
New Zealand: 15. Jordie Barrett, 14. Will Jordan, 13. Rieko Ioane, 12. David Havili, 11. Caleb Clarke, 10. Richie Mo’unga, 9. Aaron Smith; 1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Samisoni Taukei’aho, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Sam Whitelock, 5. Scott Barrett, 6. Shannon Frizell, 7. Sam Cane (kaptein), 8. Ardie Savea.
Erstatninger: 16. Codie Taylor, 17. George Bower, 18. Fletcher Newell, 19. Tupou Vaa’i, 20. Akira Ioane, 21. Finlay Christie, 22. Stephen Perofeta, 23. Quinn Tupaea.
Se Australia mot Sør-Afrika og New Zealand mot Argentina direkte på Sky Sports Main Event og Arena fra klokken 06.20 lørdag.
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