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    All Blacks playmaker Damian McKenzie is vowing to seize the opportunity to start at number 10 in the second Bledisloe Cup test in Perth

    All Blacks playmaker Damian McKenzie is vowing to seize the opportunity to start at number 10 in the second Bledisloe Cup test in Perth


    McKenzie replaces the injured Beauden Barrett at first five against the Wallabies, in one of seven changes from the side that won in Auckland.

    Having only had one start at 10 this year, McKenzie says he's slipped in to the role well at training this week, under the Western Australian sun.



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