New Zealand reappears at the Rugby World Cup after two weeks for a must-win pool game against Italy on Friday in Lyon.
The All Blacks are in an unfamiliar must-win scenario in the pool stage after the opening defeat to host France.
Foster has wasted no time slotting four previously injured first-choice players into the matchday 23. All four will make their first appearances in this Rugby World Cup. They have two pool games — the other against Uruguay — to get them up to speed and sharpen their overall game to prepare for a hoped-for quarterfinal, probably against Ireland.
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