The All Blacks have been forced into a late reshuffle ahead of their Greatest Rivalry tour opener against the Stormers, with Wallace Sititi dropping out of the match-day squad.
The back-rower was initially named at number eight for tomorrow night’s (Friday, August 7) fixture in Cape Town, but has now pulled out of the squad due to illness.
All Blacks forced into reshuffle ahead of Stormers clash as Wallace Sititi withdraws
His withdrawal has seen Dave Rennie draft Anton Segner straight into the run-on group, with the German-born Blues forward starting at openside flanker and Peter Lakai shifting over to number eight.
With Segner coming straight into the starting side, there are no further changes on the bench.
Elsewhere, the All Blacks remain as advertised. Josh Moorby will start at full-back, with Leroy Carter and Rieko Ioane named on the wings. Billy Proctor and Anton Lienert-Brown form the midfield pairing, with Beauden Barrett and Cortez Ratima in the halves.
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Lakai and Segner feature alongside Simon Parker in the back-row, with captain Patrick Tuipulotu and Fabian Holland named as the starting locks. Pasilo Tosi, Samisoni Tauke’aho and George Bower feature in the front-row.
Rennie has named two debutants on his bench, in the form of Siale Lauaki and Josh Jacomb, while Asafo Aumua, Ollie Norris, Sam Darry, Ethan Blackadder, Kyle Preston and Caleb Clarke also make the replacements list.
Updated All Blacks team v Stormers in full
All Blacks: 15 Josh Moorby, 14 Leroy Carter, 13 Billy Proctor, 12 Anton Lienert-Brown, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Cortez Ratima, 8 Peter Lakai, 7 Anton Segner, 6 Simon Parker, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu (c), 4 Fabian Holland, 3 Pasilo Tosi, 2 Samisoni Tauke’aho, 1 George Bower
Replacements: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 Ollie Norris, 18 Siale Lauaki, 19 Sam Darry, 20 Ethan Blackadder, 21 Kyle Preston, 22 Josh Jacomb, 23 Caleb Clarke
Date: Friday, 7 August 2026
Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 19:00 (local SAST), 18:00 (UK), 19:00 (France), 03:00 (8 August, AEST), 05:00 (8 August, New Zealand), 14:00 (Argentina), 02:00 (8 August, JST), 13:00 (EDT)
Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referees: Matthew Carley (RFU) and Hollie Davidson (SRU)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)
FPRO: Mike Adamson (SRU)