All Blacks shake up the pack for South Africa test and drop Codie Taylor
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — New Zealand centurion Codie Taylor was dropped and hooker Asafo Aumua promoted by the All Blacks for the third rugby test against South Africa this weekend.
Lock Sam Darry and flanker Peter Lakai were also brought into the pack on Thursday. The backline was unchanged after losing the second test 33-26 last Saturday in Cape Town.
Taylor started all five tests this year with Aumua his primary backup, including the first two matches against the Springboks. Taylor took his tally of tests to 111.
But Aumua will start the third match on Saturday at FNB Stadium with the four-test series drawn 1-1, and Samisoni Taukei’aho on the bench.
Darry gets his first involvement in the series with a start at the expense of Fabian Holland, who goes to the reserves. Lakai came off the bench in both tests and has the No. 6 jersey after Simon Parker was jettisoned from the match 23. Wallace Sititi is the impact loose forward for his first chance in the series.
Lock Tupou Vaa’i will play his 50th test.
“The team that doesn’t win this weekend can’t win the series,” coach Dave Rennie said in a statement. “That’s the kind of challenge we love to rise to.”
South Africa named its team on Monday with mainly one change, replacing injured fullback Damian Willemse with Cheslin Kolbe and filling the vacant wing with Kurt-Lee Arendse.
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New Zealand: Damian McKenzie, Will Jordan, Quinn Tupaea, Jordie Barrett, Leroy Carter, Ruben Love, Cam Roigard; Ardie Savea (captain), Luke Jacobson, Peter Lakai, Sam Darry, Tupou Vaa’i, Tyrel Lomax, Asafo Aumua, George Bower. Reserves: Samisoni Taukei’aho, Xavier Numia, Fletcher Newell, Fabian Holland, Wallace Sititi, Kyle Preston, Anton Lienert-Brown, Josh Moorby.
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