Jake Gordon and Tane Edmed will start in the halves for the Wallabies on Saturday against the All Blacks, while coach Joe Schmidt has recalled Will Skelton and dropped Angus Bell for the second Bledisloe Cup fixture in Perth.

Schmidt has made five changes to the starting side that fell to New Zealand last week in Auckland, including Filipo Daugunu replacing Corey Toole on the left wing.

As reported on Wednesday, James O’Connor has been relegated to the replacements so Edmed can start after he sat on the bench for the full 80 minutes last weekend.

Gordon, returning from a hamstring injury, will play his first Test since the second Lions match. The Waratahs captain has a long-standing combination with Edmed at Super Rugby level and will be tasked with steadying the 25-year-old, who had a

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