Kieran Read and Brodie Retallick return in TokyoWe are expanding our coverage of New Zealand. Please help us by supporting our independent journalismThe last time
New Zealand failed to score a try was against
Ireland in
Dublin last November, but only two of the backs who started that day will line up in the same positions when the two sides meet in Saturday’s
World Cup quarter-final here.
The New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen, who like his opposite number Joe Schmidt is standing down after the tournament – meaning one of them is preparing for his final game in charge – has picked a relatively inexperienced back division with five players having little more than half the caps of the All Blacks’ captain Kieran Read between them.