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All Blacks team named to play the Lions

Kick off 7.00PM local time (5.00AM Wednesday 26 August NZT), LIVE on Sky Sport. Highlights available on allblacks.com and the All Blacks and Black Ferns app.

Test caps and non-Test games in brackets. * indicates new All Black:

1.  Siale Lauaki (0, 2)2.  Samisoni Taukei'aho (44, 2)3.  Pasilio Tosi (17, 2)4.  Sam Darry (10, 2)5.  Patrick Tuipulotu (57, 4) – Captain6.  Wallace Sititi (21, 2)7.  Ethan Blackadder (14, 2)8.  Semisi Ta'eiloa (0, 1)9.  Noah Hotham (3, 0)10. Richie Mo'unga (56, 1)11. Emoni Narawa (4, 2)12. Timoci Tavatavanawai (2, 2)13. Rieko Ioane (88, 2)14. Fehi Fineanganofo (1, 2)15. Beauden Barrett (144, 3)

16. Bradley Slater (0, 1)17. Ofa Tu'ungafasi (68, 2)18. Saula Ma'u *19. Jamie Hannah (1, 0)20. Peter Lakai (11, 2)21. Kyle Preston (2, 3)22. Josh Jacomb (0, 2)23. Anton Lienert-Brown (91, 3)

Prop Saula Ma’u will play his first game for the All Blacks.  It’s a quick return to the All Blacks for injury cover players, 68-Test prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi and lock Jamie Hannah, who flew in to join the squad yesterday, with the duo named on the bench.  Meanwhile, returning All Black Richie Mo’unga dons the black jersey for the first time since the 2023 Rugby World Cup, while halfback Noah Hotham also returns for his first appearance for the All Blacks in 2026.

Mo’unga returns, late change as All Blacks face Lions

Live updates of the tour clash between the All Blacks and the Lions at Ellis Park.

Three years after his last appearance for the All Blacks, Mo’unga starts in the No 10 jersey for the final midweek South African tour match against the Lions.

“It’s really special. It’s been a long time. I’m grateful to be back in this environment,” Mo’unga said.

Much has changed for the All Blacks while Mo’unga claimed two League One titles in his three seasons with Toshiba in Japan.

Mo’unga played his last test in the 2023 World Cup final that the All Blacks lost by one point to the Springboks.

Mo'unga returns for All Blacks in tour match against Lions

Fly-half Richie Mo'unga will make his first appearance for New Zealand since the 2023 Rugby World Cup when they face the Lions franchise in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

After the global showpiece in France three years ago, Mo'unga joined Japanese club Brave Lupus, rendering him ineligible to represent his country.

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