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All Blacks announce late change for Lions clash SQUAD UPDATE: The All Blacks suffered a late blow ahead of their midweek Greatest Rivalry clash against the Lions at 10Bet Ellis Park on Tuesday. *Also read: Lions v New Zealand – Teams and Prediction Latest squad addition Ofa Tu’ungafasi has been ruled out with illness, with Xavier Numia replacing him on the bench. The rest of the starting 23 remain unchanged. New Zealand – revised: 15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Fehi Fineanganofo, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Timoci Tavatavanawai, 11 Emoni Narawa, 10 Richi Mo’unga, 9 Noah Hotham, 8 Semisi Ta’eiloa, 7 Ethan Blackadder, 6 Wallace Sititi, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu (captain), 4 Sam Darry, 3 Pasilio Tosi, 2 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 1 Siale Lauaki Replacements: 16 Bradley Slater, 17 Xavier Numia, 18 Saula Ma’u, 19 Jamie Hannah, 20 Peter Lakai, 21 Kyle Preston, 22 Josh Jacomb, 23 Anton Lienert-Brown. Date: Tuesday, August 25 Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg Kick-off: 19.00 (17.00 GMT; August 26, 05.00 NZT) Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia) Assistant referees: Karl Dickson (England), Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) TMO: Brett Cronan (Australia) Watch Rugby's Greatest Rivalry LIVE Two rugby giants collide. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.