{"id":134173,"date":"2025-09-11T02:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/134173\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T02:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T02:02:10","slug":"exciting-wing-carter-handed-all-blacks-debut-against-springboks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/134173\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Exciting&#8217; wing Carter handed All Blacks debut against Springboks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Explosive wing Leroy Carter will make his Test debut after New Zealand on Thursday announced five starting changes for their second Rugby Championship Test against South Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Head coach Scott Robertson turned to a player he had previously called the fastest in New Zealand rugby for Saturday&#8217;s rematch in Wellington, after winning last week&#8217;s clash 24-17 in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/sport\/rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Watch the Wallabies tackle Los Pumas at Allianz Stadium live and on-demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Fullback Damian McKenzie and scrum-half Noah Hotham are recalled in the backs while front-row forwards Tyrel Lomax and Samisoni Taukei&#8217;aho also return for the All Blacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">South Africa named their team on Monday, making seven starting changes including five among the backs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Robertson said he was &#8220;excited&#8221; by the inclusion of Carter, 26, who played more than 100 matches for the New Zealand sevens team, making his final appearance at last year&#8217;s Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Carter starred in his maiden Super Rugby campaign for the Waikato Chiefs, scoring nine tries in 15 matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;We are excited to inject Leroy into the backline this week and watch what he creates with his speed and skill set,&#8221; Robertson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;He has trained hard and put himself into the position where he is ready to perform on Saturday night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Carter replaces Reiko Ioane while McKenzie comes in for the injured Emoni Narawa, with Will Jordan shifting from fullback to the right wing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Hotham returns from an ankle injury, pushing scrum-half Finlay Christie to the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Hooker Codie Taylor had already been ruled out after a concussion and was replaced by Taukei&#8217;aho as expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacement hooker Brodie McAlister could win his second cap having scored the match-clinching try off the bench on debut against France in Hamilton in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Lomax replaces Fletcher Newell, with Robertson looking to the experienced tighthead prop to bring solidity after the Springboks dominated the scrum in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The versatile Ruben Love comes onto the bench as backline cover.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand (15-1): Damian McKenzie; Will Jordan, Billy Proctor, Jordie Barrett, Leroy Carter;<br \/>\nBeauden Barrett, Noah Hotham; Wallace Sititi, Ardie Savea, Simon Parker; Tupou Vaa&#8217;i, Scott Barrett (capt); Tyrel Lomax, Samisoni Taukei&#8217;aho, Ethan de Groot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements: Brodie McAlister, Tamaiti Williams, Fletcher Newell, Fabian Holland, Du&#8217;Plessis Kirifi, Finlay Christie, Quinn Tupaea, Ruben Love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Explosive wing Leroy Carter will make his Test debut after New Zealand on Thursday announced five starting changes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[10751,64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-134173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-all-blacks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}