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All Blacks coach Ian Foster faces concerns over the fitness of experienced second row forward Brodie Retallick and centre Braydon Ennor ahead of naming his squad for the Rugby World Cup on Monday.
New Zealand and Australia will put out teams with some inexperience for Saturday's World Cup warm-up test in Dunedin, but coaches Ian Foster and Eddie Jones have very different reasons for their selections.
DUNEDIN: Coach Eddie Jones on Thursday (Aug 3) said the Wallabies are "remodelling" with young players, believing youthful vigour can halt a slump with just five weeks to go until the Rugby World Cup.
SYDNEY : New Zealand will field an experimental side for their test against Australia on Saturday after Ian Foster made 13 changes to his starting team to give fringe players the chance to play themselves into contention for the World Cup.
Ian Foster says the All Blacks are still not the finished product despite banking two trophies on a 10-game unbeaten streak in an ominous sign ahead of the World Cup in France.
MELBOURNE : With the Rugby Championship trophy and the Bledisloe Cup packed away for another year, the All Blacks return to New Zealand for a victory lap at Dunedin and the chance to tinker with selections in the dead rubber against the Wallabies.
MELBOURNE : New Zealand coach Ian Foster praised his team for wrapping up their third Rugby Championship in succession on Friday with a big win over Australia but said his players had more work to do ahead of the World Cup in France.
MELBOURNE : The All Blacks will look to secure a third consecutive Rugby Championship trophy in Melbourne on Saturday, with victory over Eddie Jones's winless Wallabies to also keep the Bledisloe Cup in New Zealand hands for another year.