New Zealand has changed nine of the starting side which crushed Italy for its last pool match with Uruguay on Thursday at the Rugby World Cup.
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After demolishing Italy 96-17 last Friday, the All Blacks chose on Tuesday to give fringe players game time and rest front-liners in preparation for an expected quarterfinal next week. There’s a new second row of Sam Whitelock, who will play his 150th test, and Tupou Vaa’i. Brodie Retallick was rested and Scott Barrett was in the reserves.
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