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To sports now,
the All Blacks have named a strong side for their first match
of the Bledisloe Cup series against Australia on Saturday.
It will be up to the two Aarons to keep plugging the corners,
with Aaron Cruden as first five-eighth
and Aaron Smith at halfback.
Cruden says his kicking skills have gotten better,
and although he's in as Dan Carter's replacement,
he's his own man with skills of his own to bring to the team.
Liam Messam and Israel Dagg are the other Maori players on the team
and Richie McCaw will be back at the helm as captain.