Richie at 10 as All Blacks aim for SA sweep
The All Blacks have announced their squad for the upcoming match against the Lions at Ellis Park, featuring Richie Mo’unga at flyhalf. The team is aiming for a clean sweep of South African clubs during their tour.
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All Blacks flyhalf Richie Mo’unga will make his first appearance of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour against the Lions at Ellis Park on Tuesday.
New Zealand drew first blood in the opening Test of the series with a 33-16 victory over the Springboks in Johannesburg on Saturday evening.
The Kiwis will look to make it a clean sweep of the South African clubs before next Saturday’s rematch at Cape Town Stadium, after beating the Stormers (38-21), Sharks (54-0) and Vodacom Bulls (50-19) over the last 16 days in the Republic.
Head coach Dave Rennie has named two players in his match 23 who did duty against the Boks to tackle the Pride – loose forward Peter Lakai and outside back Anton Lienert-Brown take up spots on a 5-3 bench split.
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