MELBOURNE :Scott Barrett will lead the All Blacks in the final Rugby Championship match against Australia after recovering from injury, while Leicester Fainga'anuku has been named on the wing for his first test since the 2023 World Cup.

Barrett missed the 33-24 win over the Wallabies at Eden Park with a shoulder problem but will slot straight back into the second row in place of the dropped Fabian Holland.

Fainga'nuku, who returned from France this season, replaces the injured Caleb Clarke on the left wing among three changes to the backline in the match-day squad released on Thursday.

Coach Scott Robertson has dropped outside centre Billy Proctor and replaced him with Quinn Tupaea, while handing the injured Beauden Barrett's number 10 jersey to Damian McKenzie for the match at Perth St

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