NO READ, IOANE BACK FOR ALL BLACKS

Hardly has there been a dull moment around the All Blacks this season, and that theme continues into the final test of the year with three significant starting changes and a new captain in Cardiff.

Sam Whitelock will lead the All Blacks for the first time after Kieran Read succumbed to a troublesome hip flexor issue that has plagued him for the past two weeks. In other news, Rieko Ioane has made a surprise recovery.