All Black ruled out of Cape clash

The All Blacks have been forced to make changes to their starting XV for Friday night’s tour opener against the Stormers.

No 8 Wallace Sititi has been withdrawn from the team due to a mild illness.

As a result, Anton Segner comes into the starting lineup at openside flank with Peter Lakai moving to the back of the scrum.

German-born Segner made his Test debut off the bench against Italy in July and was also used as a substitite against Ireland a week later.

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ALL BLACKS – 15 Josh Moorby, 14 Leroy Carter, 13 Billy Proctor, 12 Anton Lienert-Brown, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Cortez Ratima, 8 Peter Lakai, 7 Anton Segner, 6 Simon Parker, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu (c), 4 Fabian Holland, 3 Pasilio Tosi, 2 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 1 George Bower.
Bench: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 Ollie Norris, 18 Siale Lauaki, 19 Sam Darry, 20 Ethan Blackadder, 21 Kyle Preston, 22 Josh Jacomb, 23 Caleb Clarke.

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