England coach Steve Borthwick has named his team to play the All Blacks on Saturday night. He made only one change to the starting XV that was narrowly defeated 16-15 in Dunedin last weekend.
Fin Baxter, who debuted off the bench at Forsyth Barr Stadium last Saturday, starts his first game for England. Captain Jamie George is at hooker, and Will Stuart at tighthead.
Maro Itoje continues his partnership with George Martin at lock. Sam Underhill is at openside flanker, Chandler Cunningham-South is on the blindside, and Ben Earl is at number eight.
Alex Mitchell is paired with Marcus Smith at 10 in the half-back berths, while Ollie Lawrence is named inside centre alongside Henry Slade at 13.
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso starts on the right wing, with Tommy Freeman on the left and George Furbank selected at fullback.
Dan Cole will win his 115th cap from the bench, becoming England’s second-most-capped men’s player of all time.
Borthwick believes the pressure of playing at Eden Park, where the All Blacks had not lost in 30 years, is more on the home side.
All Blacks v England
Kick-off: 7.05pm, Saturday 6 July
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Live blog coverage on RNZ Sport
All Blacks: 1, Ethan de Groot 2. Codie Taylor 3. Tyrel Lomax 4. Scott Barrett (captain) 5, Patrick Tuipulotu, 6. Samipeni Finau 7. Dalton Papali’i 8. Ardie Savea (vice captain) 9. Finlay Christie 10. Damian McKenzie 11. Mark Tele’a 12. Jordie Barrett 13. Rieko Ioane 14. Sevu Reece 15. Stephen Perofeta
Bench: 16. Asafo Aumua 17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi 18. Fletcher Newell 19. Tupou Vaa’i 20. Luke Jacobson 21. Cortez Ratima 22. Anton Lienert-Brown 23. Beauden Barrett
England: 15. George Furbank 14. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso 13. Henry Slade (vice-captain) 12. Ollie Lawrence 11. Tommy Freeman 10. Marcus Smith 9. Alex Mitchell 8. Ben Earl (vice-captain) 7. Sam Underhill 6. Chandler Cunningham-South 5. George Martin 4. Maro Itoje (vice-captain) 3. Will Stuart 2. Jamie George (captain) 1. Fin Baxter
Bench: 16. Theo Dan 17. Bevan Rodd 18. Dan Cole 19. Alex Coles 20. Tom Curry 21. Ben Spencer 22. Fin Smith 23. Ollie Sleightholme
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