Sloppy New Zealand give Sam Cane and TJ Perenara winning send-off against Italy

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Italy make six changes from their narrow win over Georgia. Toulouse’s Ange Capuozzo returns to start at full-back. Exeter back-row Ross Vintcent, Harlequins’ lock Dino Lamb and Saracens prop Marco Riccioni all start in the pack.

Italy starting XV: 15 Ange Capuozzo, 14 Jacopo Trulla, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex (c), 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Martin Page-Relo, 8 Ross Vintcent, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Dino Lamb, 4 Federico Ruzza, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 1 Danilo Fischetti.

Replacements: Replacements: 16 Giacomo Nicotera, 17 Mirco Spagnolo 18 Simone Ferrari, 19 Niccolo Cannone, 20 Alessandro Izekor, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Leonardo Marin 23 Marco Zanon.

Scott Robertson has made five changes from their narrow 30-29 defeat to France. Sam Cane and Mark Tele’a are back from injury but Jordie Barrett has been ruled out with a knee injury. Anton Lienert-Brown, Ethan de Groot and Patrick Tuipulotu also come into the starting XV.

New Zealand starting XV: 15 Will Jordan, 14 Mark Tele’a, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Anton Lienert-Brown, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Sam Cane, 6 Wallace Sititi, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu, 4 Scott Barret (c), 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Ethan de Groot.

Replacements: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Tupou Vaa’i, 20 Peter Lakai, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 David Havili, 23 Damian McKenzie.

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