Some things change, the most important thing stays the same.

There are fresh faces but the All Blacks just keep on winning. They suffered a scare against England last weekend but they overcame that scare and they still won like they always do.

The word is, however, that this is the most vulnerable the All Blacks have been in a long time but their culture is winning and they know exactly how that is done, even when they’re not the best team.

Saying that, the bookies are giving Ireland a better chance than they ever have before of beating the world number one ranked team, both sides are priced at even money going into Saturday night’s Aviva Stadium showpiece.

New Zealand head coach Steve Hanson has named his side to take on Ireland and it contains only one change from the team that defeated England by one point last weekend.

That change is injury enforced with centre Sonny Bill Williams being replaced by Ryan Crotty, a name that has a particular significance for Ireland fans given it was his late try that snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for his country when it looked like Ireland were home and hosed deep in injury time five years ago.

There’s only one change from last weekend, but there are a number of changes from the All Blacks team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2015.

From the team that played the final four years ago, Aaron and Ben Smith are the only two back men to survive. Players like Julian Savea, Milner Skudder and Ma’a Nonu have all been replaced after dips in form and moves abroad respectively.

Meanwhile, in the pack, Brodie Retalick, Sam Whitelock and captain Kieran Read are the only three surviving starters. That means only five men have kept their places.

Without further ado, here’s the starting XV, with their number of caps in brackets.

All Blacks team

1. Karl Tu’inukuafe (11)
2. Codie Taylor (40)
3. Owen Franks (105)
4. Brodie Retallick (73)
5. Samuel Whitelock (107)
6. Liam Squire (22)
7. Ardie Savea (33)
8. Kieran Read – captain (116)
9. Aaron Smith (81)
10. Beauden Barrett (71)
11. Rieko Ioane (22)
12. Ryan Crotty (43)
13. Jack Goodhue (6)
14. Ben Smith (75)
15. Damian McKenzie (21)

Bench

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