Naholo dropped from Bledisloe test squad

Waisake Naholo has been dropped from the All Blacks match-day squad to face the Wallabies at Eden Park in the final Bledisloe test.

Naholo has been replaced by Julian Savea making it the only change to the starting team that thumped the Springboks.

TJ Perenara has retained his spot at scrumhalf in place of Aaron Smith.

Aaron Cruden who is making his comeback from a groin injury has been named on the bench alongside Malakai Fekitoa.

Matt Todd retains the number seven jersey ahead of Ardie Savea while the emerging midfield pairing of Ryan Crotty and Anton Lienert‑Brown gets another chance to impress.

The All Blacks have not lost to Australia at Eden Park in 30 years and would set a top tier record of 18 consecutive test wins with victory on Saturday.

The All Blacks will meet the Wallabies at 6.35pm Saturday.

Source: allblacks.com