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All you need to know ahead of the Japan’ clash against the USA at FedEx Field in Washington DC:
Sam Cane will play his first test of the season when the All Blacks face the United States on Saturday, although it won’t be as captain.
Lock Sam Whitelock will lead New Zealand in its first match in America for seven years while Cane will be on the bench as he makes his return from a serious injury.
The team named Thursday by head coach Ian Foster is composed mostly of players who missed or had little playing time in the recent Rugby Championship in Australia. Whitelock chose to sit out New Zealand’s Championship matches in Australia to be with his wife, who recently gave birth.
He will lead the All Blacks in all of the tests on their northern tour against the United States, Wales, Italy, Ireland and France as Cane focuses on his return. Cane became New Zealand’s regular captain when Kieran Read retired after the 2019 World Cup but missed the Rugby Championship and previous tests against Australia, Tonga and Fiji because of a torn pectoral muscle.
He will be joined on the bench by lock Josh Lord who has been named to make his debut as a replacement. Lord was called up after Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu returned to New Zealand at the end of the Rugby Championship.
Hooker Dane Coles, who missed the Championship because of a calf muscle injury, is also named on the bench.
Mo’unga will combine with Scotland-born halfback Finlay Christie, who will start a test for the first time. Braydon Ennor will also start for the first time at centre, as will Ethan de Groot at loosehead prop.
“Finlay has made the most of his opportunities and he just keeps growing his game and getting better and better and we’re delighted at how he’s going,” Foster said. “Braydon has had a year disrupted by injury but he’s back.