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The All Black and Springbok teams to play the second Tri-Nations test of 2010. The match will take place on Saturday the 17th of July at 7:35pm, New Zealand time at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

All Blacks
15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Rene Ranger, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Reserves: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Sam Whitelock, 19 Liam Messam, 20 Jimmy Cowan, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Israel Dagg.

Springboks:
15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Jean de Villiers, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Ricky Januarie; 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Reserves: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 BJ Botha, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Butch James, 22 Gio Aplon.

Points of Interest:

There are only two changes to each starting team. Piri Weepu and Rene Ranger start for the the All Blacks. Danie Rossouw and CJ van der Linde start for the Springboks

Bakkies Botha has been banned from all rugby for nine weeks for headbutting Jimmy Cowan in the last test.

The Springboks were beaten by the All Blacks last week 32-12 at Eden Park, Auckland.

The All Blacks need just seven points to overtake France as the highest point scorers ever in test rugby. However, the will do it in a third less games. France has scored 11,792 in 660 tests; New Zealand has scored 11,786 points in 462.