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Flanker Harry Daves will make his debut for wales against all black As steve tandytake the side of new zealand In Cardiff.
dewes, Called into the team after injury For captain Jack Morgan, Alex Mann is back in the number 6 shirt, while Tandy freshens up his side after a narrow win over Japan.
Joe Hawkins has been brought into the centers and is set to feature for the first time since the 2023 Six Nations, while Tom Rogers returns on the wing with Josh Adams suspended following a red card last week.
Replacement hooker Brodie Coghlan is also set to earn his first cap off the bench as Wales look for a first win over the All Blacks since 1953.
“I think it’s an amazing story for Harry Daves to debut,” Tandy said. “I think he has been excellent on both sides of the ball for the Ospreys. I like how he plays the game.
“He’s a great little rugby player and the way he plays adds physicality. His pace and aggression is for everyone to see. It’s an amazing opportunity for Harry and we can’t wait to see him on Saturday.
“We obviously want to improve on Japan’s performance. I thought we had some excellent moments against Argentina [in week one]We felt we would have liked to improve further on last weekend, It was obviously good to get the win, but we want to improve on our performance against a world-class opponent on Saturday,
Meanwhile, New Zealand have introduced changes after last weekend’s loss to England, with Beauden Barrett and Ardie Savea also ruled out.
The eldest Barrett brother appeared to be Struggling with quad injury at Twickenham and has been replaced by Damien McKenzie at flyhalf as experienced center pair Anton Leinart-Brown and Rico Ioane are reunited.
Fabian Hollande available to co-captain after illness Scott Barrett In the second row, Simon Parker is the only starter other than the captain to retain his place in the pack.
Wales XV face New Zealand in Cardiff (Saturday November 22, 3.10pm GMT): 1 Rhys Caray, 2 Davey Lake (capt), 3 Kieron Assiratti; 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 5 Adam Beard; 6 Alex Mann, 7 Henry Daves, 8 Aaron Wainwright; 9 Tomos Williams, 10 Dan Edwards; 11 Tom Rogers, 12 Joe Hawkins, 13 Max Llewellyn, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit; 15 Blair Murray.
Replacement: 16 Brodie Coghlan, 18 Gareth Thomas, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Freddie Thomas, 20 Tane Plumtree; 21 Kieran Hardie, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Nick Tompkins.
New Zealand XV: 1 Mataiti Williams, 2 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 3 Pasilio Tosi; 4 Scott Barrett (capt.), 5 Fabian Holland; 6 Simon Parker, 7 Du’Plessis Kirifi, 8 Wallace Sititi; 9 Cortez Ratima, 10 Damian McKenzie; 11 Caleb Clarke, 12 Anton Lienert-Brown, 13 Rieko Ioane, 14 Will Jordan; 15 Ruben Love.
Replacement: 16 George Bell, 17 Fletcher Newell, 18 George Bower, 19 Josh Lord, 20 Christian Leo-Willey; 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Leicester Fenga’nuku, 23 Sevu Reece.